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Clickable links and paths

Ctrl-click (Cmd-click on macOS) opens a URL in the browser, or a file path in your editor, at the line from a Foo.java:42:7. A path is a link only if the file exists.

• URLs open in the browser. Only http, https, ftp, ftps, file and mailto are opened, since terminal output is untrusted text. A URL that wraps at the right edge is one link.
• Paths open the file, and only paths that exist are links, resolved against that tab’s own directory. A bare filename out of ls, a relative path in a build’s output and ~/notes.txt all work, and ordinary words never underline.
• Positions. file:line and file:line:column from a compiler error or a stack trace reach your editor through Settings → Terminal → Links → Open files with, such as editor {file}:{line}.
• It shows itself. Hold the modifier and the link under the pointer underlines and the pointer becomes a hand. Right-click a link for Open Link and Copy Link Address, with no modifier at all.

Relative paths are not links on Windows yet, where a shell’s directory cannot be read. See Links.