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Route links to the right Space

Link Routing is Crest’s equivalent of Arc’s Air Traffic Control: matching links opened from other apps can go to a specific Space before the normal external-link destination is considered.

Create a route​

  1. Open Settings → Quick Window and Peek.
  2. In Routing, choose New Route.
  3. Enter a URL pattern.
  4. Choose Contains or Exact.
  5. Choose the destination Space.

Routes are evaluated from top to bottom. Reorder them when a narrow rule should win before a broad one.

Match deliberately​

  • Exact is best for one complete address that should always land in one Space.
  • Contains is useful for a domain or stable path fragment, but a pattern that is too broad may catch unrelated links.

Start with the smallest meaningful domain or URL fragment, test a link from another app, then broaden only if needed.

Relationship to Quick Window​

Routing runs before the default Links from other apps choice. If no rule matches, Crest uses Quick Window, Most Recent Space, or the Chosen Space according to that default.

A route targeting a protected Private Space is hidden until that Space is unlocked. This prevents its URL patterns and destination identity from leaking through Settings.