From 4c24c4a2fbd47115fb5a4449172723ace7059ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Skec <skec@protonmail.ch>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:51:35 +1100
Subject: Tilde '~' now expanded in URL bar for file:// protocols

Expansion is done on return-key press
---
 src/browsertab.cpp | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/browsertab.cpp')

diff --git a/src/browsertab.cpp b/src/browsertab.cpp
index 75825d6..cb23093 100644
--- a/src/browsertab.cpp
+++ b/src/browsertab.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QShortcut>
 #include <QKeySequence>
+#include <QDir>
 
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
@@ -257,7 +258,18 @@ void BrowserTab::openSourceView()
 
 void BrowserTab::on_url_bar_returnPressed()
 {
-    QUrl url { this->ui->url_bar->text().trimmed() };
+    QString urltext = this->ui->url_bar->text().trimmed();
+
+    // Expand '~' to user's home directory.
+    static const QString F_PROTO = "file://";
+    static const int F_PROTO_LEN = F_PROTO.length();
+    if (urltext.startsWith(F_PROTO) &&
+        QStringRef(&urltext, F_PROTO_LEN, 2) == "~/")
+    {
+        urltext = F_PROTO + QDir::homePath() + urltext.remove(0, F_PROTO_LEN + 1);
+    }
+
+    QUrl url { urltext };
 
     if (url.scheme().isEmpty())
     {
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