Feature: add link actions to context menu (#677)

[dbalders]

What Changed

Added 2 new link-specific elements in the context menu when right-clicking a link in chat:

• Open Link
• Copy Link Address

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This was part of the request from #677. I confirmed that the main issue for #677 of links not working on Windows was resolved previously by #599, but added the quality of life improvement of the extra attributes to the context menu.

Added an if statement to the context menu event to check if what is being right clicked on is a link or not, and if so, add the 2 elements and a separator. This required adding 'clipboard' to the electron import as well.

Why

This makes link behavior more closely resemble standard UX.

UI Changes

This is a UI change specifically.

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Checklist

• This PR is small and focused
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Note

Add link actions to the desktop BrowserWindow context menu to support opening and copying link URLs

Insert Open Link and Copy Link Address items into the webContents context-menu handler when getSafeExternalUrl(params.linkURL) returns a value, calling shell.openExternal and clipboard.writeText respectively in main.ts.

📍Where to Start

Start at the webContents context-menu event handler in apps/desktop/src/main.ts.

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Pull request overview

Adds link-specific actions to the Electron desktop chat context menu so users can open a link or copy its address when right-clicking a link, aligning behavior with common desktop UX expectations.

Changes:

• Add “Open Link” and “Copy Link Address” entries (plus separator) when context-menu params indicate a link was clicked.
• Import and use Electron clipboard to support copying link addresses.

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[dbalders]

Accidentally had this on main branch and reset that which wiped this out, opening a new one. Sorry.