# Updating gateway launcher

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-gateway-launcher/109402>\
**Category:** Ignition 8.3 Early Access\
**Created:** [August 5, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-gateway-launcher/109402 "2025-08-05T19:50:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-gateway-launcher/109402/3 "2025-08-05T20:28:26Z")

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I'll plug this here again now that I can share it in a useful way:

> [@How to start multiple project specific designer sessions at once (batch file)?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/15):
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> My personal favorite productivity boon so far is a browser bookmarklet that navigates to the designer deeplink for "whatever host and port I am currently looking at " - so even without any corresponding web UI (or if I'm looking at an 8.1 gateway) I can have a one-click designer launch experience. Deep links are one of the less flashy but very impactful features for folks who are in the trenches smile

If you make a bookmark to the below URL (using whatever instructions are appropriate for your browser of choice):

```python
javascript:(function()%7Bwindow.location.href %3D %60designer%3A%2F%2F%24%7Bwindow.location.hostname%7D%3A%24%7Bwindow.location.port%7D%3F%24%7Bwindow.location.protocol !%3D%3D 'https%3A' %3F 'insecure%3Dtrue' %3A ''%7D%60%3B%7D)()%3B

```

Which is essentially just the URL encoded version of this code:

```python
function() {
	window.location.href = `designer://${window.location.hostname}:${window.location.port}?${window.location.protocol !== 'https:' ? 'insecure=true' : ''}`;
};

```

You can navigate to a gateway webpage hosted anywhere, click the bookmark in your web browser, and it'll invoke a deep link to that gateway, **even for 8.1 gateways**.  
Instant productivity boon if you're frequently working with different systems, including 8.1.

Disclaimer: As you can see in the code it's deliberately opting in to allow plaintext HTTP launching, which deeplinks are designed to discourage. I consider this a totally acceptable thing to do in development environments, but your company/IT department/grandma may not.

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