Open local files with HyperLink

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Hi!

As we can use mailto: scheme to open our local mail client I’ve tried to use file: scheme to open local file explorer but it doesn’t work. It only opens a blank tab because it is not recognized as a valid href attribute.
Has someone already tried something about this and found a solution? Or is it not possible due to security reasons?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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It is indeed for security reasons. Grist uses DOMPurify to sanitize URLs, which whitelists safe schemes. There is an explanation here: How does DOMPurify ensure that sanitized HTML is safe for injection into the DOM? - DOMPurify (see “URI and Protocol Validation” section)

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