--- metadata: - name: generator content: Diplodoc Platform v5.55.0 alternate: - https://yandex.com/support/browser-beta/en/useful-features/special-links.md - https://yandex.com/support/browser-beta/kk/useful-features/special-links.md - https://yandex.com/support/browser-beta/ru/useful-features/special-links.md - https://yandex.com/support/browser-beta/tr/useful-features/special-links.md - https://yandex.com/support/browser-beta/uz/useful-features/special-links.md - href: en/useful-features/special-links.md type: text/markdown title: Markdown version - href: ../llms.txt type: text/markdown title: llms.txt keywords: "Special links in Yandex\_Browser." --- > **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.com/support/browser-beta/en/llms.txt #| || **macOS users** You're reading Help for the beta version of Yandex Browser, which isn't available for macOS. For information on Yandex Browser for macOS, see [Help for the main browser version](https://yandex.ru/support/browser/en/). || |# # Special links ## What are special links and protocol handlers? {#what} _Special links_ are links that open certain programs when clicking on them. For example, when you click on a link with an email address, it launches an email program and creates a message with this address as a recipient. Special links use the following protocols: - `mailto` — for opening an email application; - `webcal` — for adding events to a calendar. ![](../_image/links.png) ![](../_image/1-icon.svg) — Link to the main mailto protocol. _Protocol handlers_ are programs or web services that open when you click special links. **Protocol handlers** #| ||**Protocol** | **Program** | **Web service** || ||`webcal` | Outlook | Yandex Calendar|| ||`mailto` | Outlook, The Bat! | Yandex Mail|| |# You can set the default web service for email and calendar in [the beta version of Yandex Browser](https://browser.yandex.com/beta/). {% note info %} If you have not assigned protocol handlers, special links are handled by the programs set on your computer as the default program for mail or calendar. {% endnote %} ## Set Yandex Mail as the `mailto` protocol handler {#mail} {% list tabs %} - From Yandex Mail When you open Yandex Mail in Yandex Browser for the first time, it offers to make it your default protocol handler: 1. On the right side of the [SmartBox](*smart-link), click ![](../_image/mail-icon1.png). 1. Select **Allow**. 1. Click **Done**. ![](../_image/mail-example.png) - In the JavaScript console If there is no ![](../_image/mail-icon1.png) icon displayed to the right of the SmartBox, use the JavaScript console to assign Yandex Mail as the mailto handler: 1. Go to the [Yandex Mail](https://mail.yandex.com) page. 1. Press **Ctrl** + **Shift** + **J** (for Windows and Linux) to open the JavaScript console. 1. In the console, enter the following command: ```javascript javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.yandex.com/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Yandex Mail") ``` 1. Press **Enter**. 1. In the pop-up window, click **Allow**. 1. In the system window that opens, specify the MAILTO protocol and select Yandex Browser as the default application. {% note tip %} Close the JavaScript console by clicking the ![](../_image/special-links-close.png) icon or pressing **Ctrl** + **Shift** + **J** (for Windows and Linux). {% endnote %} ![](../_image/mail-example-hand.png) {% endlist %} ## How can I set Yandex Calendar as the `webcal` protocol handler {#webcal}? 1. Go to the [Yandex Calendar](https://calendar.yandex.ru/) page. 1. Press **Ctrl** + **Shift** + **J** (for Windows and Linux) to open the JavaScript console. 1. In the console, enter the following command: ```javascript javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("webcal","https://calendar.yandex.com/?extsrc=webcal&url=%s","Yandex Calendar") ``` 1. Press **Enter**. 1. In the pop-up window, click **Allow**. 1. In the system window that opens, specify the WEBCAL protocol and select Yandex Browser as the default application. {% note tip %} Close the JavaScript console by clicking the ![](../_image/special-links-close.png) icon or pressing **Ctrl** + **Shift** + **J** (for Windows and Linux). {% endnote %} ## How do I change the assigned protocol handlers? {#display-active-handlers} To view the list of assigned protocol handlers: 1. Click **![](../_image/settings-icon.svg)** → **Settings** → **Websites**. 1. At the bottom of the page, click **Advanced site settings**. 1. In the **Protocol processing** section, click **Site settings**. A window will appear with a list of assigned handlers: ![](../_image/protocol-handlers.png) In this window, you can: {% cut "Set a service as a protocol handler" %} Hover your mouse over the handler and click **Use by default**. {% endcut %} {% cut "Remove a protocol handler" %} Hover your mouse cursor over the handler and click **Delete**. {% endcut %} ## Prohibit protocol handling {#off} If you do not want a program or web service to open when you click a special link, prohibit protocol handling on all websites: 1. Click **![](../_image/settings-icon.svg)** → **Settings** → **Websites**. 1. At the bottom of the page, click **Advanced site settings**. 1. In the **Protocol processing** section, select **Forbidden**. ![](../_image/processing-of-specific-references.png) ## Send a link to page in an email {#cant-share-link-via-mail} To send an email with a link to an open Yandex Browser page: 1. Click in the [SmartBox](*smart-link). 1. On the right side of the SmartBox, click **Share** → **Send via email**. A new email opens with an embedded link to the page. 1. Enter your recipient's email address and send the email. This command works if the `mailto` handling protocol is assigned in the browser. To check if it is: 1. Click **![](../_image/settings-icon.svg)** → **Settings** → **Websites**. 1. At the bottom of the page, click **Advanced site settings**. 1. Make sure that in the **Protocol processing** section, the **Allowed** option is enabled. 1. Click the **Sites advanced settings** link. 1. Make sure that the `mailto` protocol is assigned as the email handler. Contact support [*smart-link]: You can enter search queries in the address bar and Yandex Browser will understand what you need.