c# - How to open a link in webBrowser control in external browser?

Question

I have a textBox and a webBrowser control in my Windows Forms application. Whenever a user enters a HTML code in textBox, the webBrowser control shows its compiled form. The code for this:

private void textBox2_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    webBrowser1.DocumentText = textBox2.Text;
}

But whenever I click a link in the webBrowser control, it opens it in the same webBrowser control. What I want is that it should open in default web browser of the system. So is there any event for this webBrowser control that handles link clicking?

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this would be to intercept the Navigating event.

public void webBrowser1_Navigating(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs e)
{
    //cancel the current event
    e.Cancel = true;

    //this opens the URL in the user's default browser
    Process.Start(e.Url.ToString());
}