Feature: Mirror existing response behavior and make URLs clickable only while Cmd/Ctrl is held

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Ref: BRU- #6275

Description

Makes http:// and https:// URLs in Bruno's Console log output clickable so they open in the default browser,

Problem

URLs printed in the Console panel are currently plain text, so they cannot be opened from the log line.

Fix

1. any http:// or https:// URL inside a log message gets wrapped in . It's visible and text-selectable immediately, no modifier needed.
2. Normal click (no modifier) — nothing happens. It behaves like plain text: you can click-drag to select it, double-click to select the word, copy it, etc. This is intentional, matching the response-panel convention — you don't want accidental navigation while reading logs.
3. Hover it — it gets an underline, regardless of modifier state. That's just a visual "this is a link" cue.
4. Hold Cmd (macOS) or Ctrl (Windows/Linux), then hover — the cursor becomes a pointer and the text turns the theme's link-blue color. This is the cmd-ctrl-pressed class getting toggled on .tab-content-area by the keydown/keyup listeners.
5. Click while still holding the modifier — handleContentAreaClick fires, detects event.target.closest('.log-link'), confirms metaKey/ctrlKey is true, and calls window.ipcRenderer.openExternal(url) — which opens it in your actual system browser (verified this is a real, working preload-exposed IPC method, same one the response viewer uses).
6. The title tooltip — hovering also shows "Hold Cmd and click to open link" (or "Ctrl" on Windows/Linux) as a native browser tooltip, in case someone doesn't already know the shortcut.

The PR detects http:// and https:// URLs in log messages and renders them as link elements while keeping them selectable like normal text. Links only become interactive when the user holds Cmd/Ctrl, preventing accidental navigation. When clicked with the modifier held, the URL is opened in the system browser using the existing openExternal IPC method, matching the behavior already used in the response panel.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • URLs displayed in the developer console are recognized as clickable links, including URLs containing balanced parentheses.
  • Hold Cmd on macOS or Ctrl on other platforms to open console links in an external browser.
  • Console links support keyboard focus and Cmd/Ctrl+Enter activation.
  • Added hover, focus, and platform-specific guidance for opening links.
  • Modifier-key styling is cleared when the application window loses focus.

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Walkthrough

The Devtools Console now linkifies URLs in string log messages, preserves balanced parentheses, and renders focusable links. Cmd/Ctrl-assisted clicks and modified Enter activate external navigation. Window blur clears stale modifier styling.

Changes

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
URL detection and rendering packages/bruno-app/src/components/Devtools/Console/index.js, packages/bruno-app/src/components/Devtools/Console/StyledWrapper.js	The console linkifies string log content, preserves balanced parentheses, and renders focusable links. Styles define hover, cursor, and focus-visible states.
Modifier-assisted external navigation packages/bruno-app/src/components/Devtools/Console/index.js	The console tracks platform-specific modifier state, clears it on window blur, and handles delegated clicks and modified Enter activation through the external-link handler.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Window
  participant Console
  participant ipcRenderer
  participant ExternalApp
  Window->>Console: Modifier keydown or keyup
  Console->>Console: Toggle cmd-ctrl-pressed
  Console->>Console: Handle log-link click or modified Enter
  Console->>ipcRenderer: openExternal(data-url)
  ipcRenderer->>ExternalApp: Open URL

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/bruno-app/src/components/Devtools/Console/index.js`:
- Line 150: Update the log-link span in the Console component to use link
semantics and be keyboard-focusable, and add a keyboard handler that supports
the documented modified-key activation while invoking the existing openExternal
path. Preserve the current click behavior and URL data.
- Line 142: Update the URL matching logic around urlRegex so URLs containing
balanced parentheses remain intact rather than being truncated, while preserving
existing trailing-punctuation handling. Add a regression test covering a URL
such as the Wikipedia example and verify Cmd/Ctrl-click uses the complete URL.
- Around line 241-242: Update the modifier-key handling around
updateCmdCtrlClass to register a window blur listener that removes the
cmd-ctrl-pressed class when focus is lost, and remove that blur listener in the
component cleanup alongside the existing keydown and keyup listeners.

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