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Add Windows path URL fixes and allowed searching with URL bar. #2

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43 changes: 35 additions & 8 deletions ZenBrowser.py → ZenBrowser.pyw
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import os
import sys

from urllib.parse import urlparse, quote_plus

from PyQt5.QtCore import QSize, Qt, QUrl
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QKeySequence, QPixmap
from PyQt5.QtPrintSupport import QPrintPreviewDialog
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QVBoxLayout,
)

zenb_version = "0.0.2.0-ALPHA"
last_updated_year = "2026"

class AboutDialog(QDialog):
def __init__(self):
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logo.setPixmap(QPixmap(os.path.join("images", "zen_128.png")))
layout.addWidget(logo)

layout.addWidget(QLabel("Version 00.00.001.000000"))
layout.addWidget(QLabel("Copyright 2025 PartehDev"))
layout.addWidget(QLabel(f"Version {zenb_version}"))
layout.addWidget(QLabel(f"Copyright {last_updated_year} PartehDev"))

for i in range(0, layout.count()):
layout.itemAt(i).setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignHCenter)
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def add_new_tab(self, qurl=None, label="Blank"):
if qurl is None:
qurl = QUrl("")
qurl = QUrl("https://www.google.com")

browser = QWebEngineView()
browser.setUrl(qurl)
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return

title = self.tabs.currentWidget().page().title()
self.setWindowTitle("%s - ZenBrowser" % title)
self.setWindowTitle(f"{title} - ZenBrowser v. {zenb_version}")

def navigate_zen(self):
self.tabs.currentWidget().setUrl(QUrl("https://PartehDev.github.io/ZenBrowser/"))
self.tabs.currentWidget().setUrl(QUrl("https://zenbrowser.github.io"))

def about(self):
dlg = AboutDialog()
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self.tabs.currentWidget().setUrl(QUrl("http://www.google.com"))

def navigate_to_url(self):
q = QUrl(self.urlbar.text())
q = QUrl(self.mod_link(self.urlbar.text()))
if q.scheme() == "":
q.setScheme("http")


#print(q.)
self.tabs.currentWidget().setUrl(q)

def update_urlbar(self, q, browser=None):
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self.urlbar.setText(q.toString())
self.urlbar.setCursorPosition(0)

def mod_link(self, link: str) -> str:
l = link

# Replace all backslashes with a forward slash if the link begins with _:/ because it notates a Windows path link
if l[1:].startswith(":\\"):
l = l.replace("\\", "/")

# Check if the link is valid. If it isn't, then we just google search it.

if not self.is_valid_url(l):
return f"https://google.com/search?q={quote_plus(l)}"

return l

def is_valid_url(self, url: str):
try:
result = urlparse(url)
return all([result.scheme, result.netloc])
except ValueError:
return False



if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
app.setApplicationName("ZenBrowser")
app.setOrganizationName("ZenBrowser")
app.setOrganizationDomain("PartehDev.github.io/ZenBrowser/")
app.setOrganizationDomain("https://zenbrowser.github.io")

window = MainWindow()

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