Hyperlinq to file path with spaces does not work

JeffMercado · February 2014

I stumbled across this during some testing. Any path with spaces does not get rendered as a link, it's converted to a uri string. It might make sense for urls but not so much for file paths.

Could this be fixed?

e.g.,

new[] {
        new Hyperlinq("http://www.example.com/path?q=query+without+spaces"),
        new Hyperlinq("http://www.example.com/path?q=query with spaces"),
        new Hyperlinq(@"c:\file.txt"),
        new Hyperlinq(@"c:\new folder\file.txt"),
    }.Dump();

yields:

http://www.example.com/path?q=query+without+spaces (clickable link)
http://www.example.com/path?q=query with spaces (text)
c:\file.txt (clickable link)
file:///c:/new folder/file.txt (text)

jridenauer · September 2014

I'm running in to this as well, even on the latest (at this time) beta build 4.52.1. A fix would be appreciated.
Thanks

JoeAlbahari · September 2014

Thanks for reporting - this is fixed in the latest beta:
http://www.linqpad.net/beta.aspx

jridenauer · September 2014

Awesome. Confirmed working in 4.5.2.2.

Thanks Joe, your work on LinqPad is greatly appreciated.

MTariqAziz · February 2017

I'm facing this issue with Linqpad 5.10.00

Steps to repeat:

var dir = @"d:/test dir/";
Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
new Hyperlinq(dir).Dump();      // link with spaces won't work

MTariqAziz · February 2017

Workaround (ugly):

new Hyperlinq(() => Process.Start("explorer.exe", new DirectoryInfo(dir).FullName), dir).Dump();

Explicitly specifying "explorer.exe" ensures window opens in foreground.
DirectoryInfo ensures \ or / slashes compatibility in paths.

JoeAlbahari · February 2017

Thanks - this will be fixed for the next build.

JoeAlbahari · February 2017

This is now fixed in the 5.21 beta:
http://www.linqpad.net/download.aspx#beta

Hyperlinq to file path with spaces does not work

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