Use QUrl::fromUserInput in the QtQuick view

example/example.pro

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ TARGET = example
 HEADERS = quickwindow.h widgetwindow.h
 SOURCES = quickwindow.cpp widgetwindow.cpp main.cpp
 
+OTHER_FILES += quickwindow.qml
+
 INCLUDEPATH += ../lib
 
 LIBPATH = $$getOutDir()/$$getConfigDir()/lib
@@ -13,3 +15,4 @@ QMAKE_RPATHDIR += $$LIBPATH
 
 QT += widgets quick
 MOC_DIR=$$PWD
+

example/quickwindow.cpp

@@ -41,8 +41,30 @@
 
 #include "quickwindow.h"
 
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QQmlContext>
+#include <QQmlEngine>
+#include <QUrl>
+
+class Utils : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    Utils(QObject* parent = 0) : QObject(parent) { }
+    Q_INVOKABLE static QUrl fromUserInput(const QString& userInput)
+    {
+        QFileInfo fileInfo(userInput);
+        if (fileInfo.exists())
+            return QUrl(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
+        return QUrl::fromUserInput(userInput);
+    }
+};
+
+#include "quickwindow.moc"
+
 QuickWindow::QuickWindow()
 {
+    engine()->rootContext()->setContextProperty("utils", new Utils(this));
     setSource(QUrl("example/quickwindow.qml"));
     setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     setTitle("QQuick Example");

example/quickwindow.qml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Item {
             selectByMouse: true
 
             onAccepted: {
-                webContentsView.url = text
+                webContentsView.url = utils.fromUserInput(text)
             }
         }
     }

lib/qquickwebcontentsview.cpp

@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ QUrl QQuickWebContentsView::url() const
 
 void QQuickWebContentsView::setUrl(const QUrl& url)
 {
-    QString urlString = url.toString();
-    GURL gurl(urlString.toStdString());
-    if (!gurl.has_scheme())
-        gurl = GURL(std::string("http://") + urlString.toStdString());
+    GURL gurl(url.toString().toStdString());
 
     content::NavigationController::LoadURLParams params(gurl);
     params.transition_type = content::PageTransitionFromInt(content::PAGE_TRANSITION_TYPED | content::PAGE_TRANSITION_FROM_ADDRESS_BAR);