In Gedit our friend Micah Carrick helped us to do that -->http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10572588/can-gedit-open-links-in-a-web-browser-by-clicking-on-it
I like to save differents links in text files and would like to open that in chromium. Is there a way for do that in Kate to open web links and set up a shortcut for example CTRL+ J . That is bring the mouse pointer anywhere of the url (link) and after hit the shortcut.
I have to say that "external tools" is not in plugin manager list--> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=299248
Or how can we write a python or javascript or whatever script and where ?

The fact that this feature is not included is nothing but completely insane.
I found this link https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/fa8vup/kate_open_hyperlinks_urls_solved/
and I have so high hopes for it's success that I post this before trying it out

Wow, I just noticed you posted that question back in 2016 and no one have answered in all that time.
Well, Sir, your patience will finally bare fruit.

It's not included by default no. But you can add the function. First you need to enable the external tools in Kate. Set the custom external tool as follows: 1) executable: xdg-open ( or any different from default browsing tool for that matter). 2) arguments: %{Document:Selection:Text}. Save. Create a shortcut or put it on the toolbar.
https://imgur.com/a/WwFTq4q

And like I mentioned, you can add another browser if you like. Just change the "xdg-open" executable to whatever. In this case, firefox.
https://imgur.com/a/UMyspkv

Hi all,

There is no right-click option for a selected url to open it with a web browser?

One must click the button?

Not that I'm aware of. Think this https://imgur.com/a/BXawGbb is about what you get as far as fastest goes, on the toolbar.

dzon wrote:Not that I'm aware of. Think this https://imgur.com/a/BXawGbb is about what you get as far as fastest goes, on the toolbar.

Bummer, would have been a nice time-saving touch to have this feature.

Thanks though for the info!

Not time saving compared to toolbar button. Count the clicks to get the result.
Toolbar: 1)highlight 2)click button
Contextmenu: 1)highlight 2)right click 3)click choice

Or if kate could parse URLs, one could just right-click it and choose Open in web browser.
Or just click the underlined URL in kate to open it in a web browser.

There are many possibilities.
I wish I could could and develop a plugin for that.

YMMV.

Like I said. As for your first option/request, a toolbar button is faster ( as compared to "open in browser"). As for the second, some kind of default xdg to open an url in a browser, it might be possible ( maybe by syntax highlighting/underline). But if it's a good option...I doubt it. Personally I prefer a highlight and a toolbar option because when I highlight something ( whether it's an url or not), I can open it straight in a function of choice ( whether it's a website/application or not). Furthermore, since I don't open anything in the same browser ( some stuff I only open in randomized profile ssb's) such a default xdg would be of no use to me. But that's just me.