diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d b/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d
index 43b95875..7c166d65 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/stdaction.d
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ enum StandardAction : int {
     Open,
     Save,
     DiscardChanges,
+    OpenUrl,
 }
 
 const Action ACTION_OK = new Action(StandardAction.Ok, "ACTION_OK"c);
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@ const Action ACTION_IGNORE = new Action(StandardAction.Ignore, "ACTION_IGNORE"c)
 const Action ACTION_OPEN = new Action(StandardAction.Open, "ACTION_OPEN"c);
 const Action ACTION_SAVE = new Action(StandardAction.Save, "ACTION_SAVE"c);
 const Action ACTION_DISCARD_CHANGES = new Action(StandardAction.DiscardChanges, "ACTION_DISCARD_CHANGES"c);
+const Action ACTION_OPEN_URL = (new Action(StandardAction.OpenUrl)).iconId("applications-internet");
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/types.d b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
index b4b11b62..b38f12f4 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/types.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ wstring fromWStringz(const(wchar) * s) {
 /** widget state flags - bits */
 enum State : uint {
     /// state not specified / normal
-    Normal = 4, // Normal is Enabled
+    Normal = 4 | 256, // Normal is Enabled
     /// pressed (e.g. clicked by mouse)
     Pressed = 1,
     /// widget has focus
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
index b28b1e3d..b1eea6e7 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import dlangui.dialogs.msgbox;
 private import dlangui.graphics.gldrawbuf;
 private import std.algorithm;
 private import core.sync.mutex;
+private import std.string;
 
 // specify debug=DebugMouseEvents for logging mouse handling
 // specify debug=DebugRedraw for logging drawing and layouts handling
@@ -846,6 +847,19 @@ class Platform {
 		i18n.findTranslationsDir(dirs);
 		return this;
 	}
+
+    /// override to support opening url in external browser
+    bool openURL(string url) {
+        Log.d("Platform.openURL(", url, ") is called");
+        bool res = false;
+        version(Windows) {
+            import win32.shellapi;
+            ShellExecuteA(null, "open", url.toStringz, null, null, 1);
+            res = true;
+        }
+        // TODO: support other platforms
+        return res;
+    }
 }
 
 /// get current platform object instance
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
index b34d192c..669e7e05 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
 /**
 This module contains simple controls widgets implementation.
 
-TextWidget
+TextWidget - static text
 
-ImageWidget
+ImageWidget - image
 
-Button
+Button - button with only text
 
-ImageButton
+ImageButton - button with only image
 
-ScrollBar
+ImageTextButton - button with text and image
 
+ScrollBar - scrollbar control
+
+UrlImageTextButton - URL link button
 
 Synopsis:
 
@@ -29,9 +32,11 @@ module dlangui.widgets.controls;
 
 import dlangui.widgets.widget;
 import dlangui.widgets.layouts;
+import dlangui.core.stdaction;
 
 private import std.algorithm;
 private import std.conv : to;
+private import std.utf : toUTF32;
 
 /// vertical spacer to fill empty space in vertical layouts
 class VSpacer : Widget {
@@ -282,6 +287,24 @@ class ImageTextButton : HorizontalLayout {
 
 }
 
+/// button - url
+class UrlImageTextButton : ImageTextButton {
+    this(string ID, dstring labelText, string url, string icon = "applications-internet") {
+        super(ID, icon, labelText);
+        Action a = ACTION_OPEN_URL.clone();
+        a.label = labelText;
+        a.stringParam = url;
+        _action = a;
+        styleId = null;
+        //_icon.styleId = STYLE_BUTTON_IMAGE;
+        //_label.styleId = STYLE_BUTTON_LABEL;
+        //_label.textFlags(TextFlag.Underline);
+        _label.ownStyle.getOrCreateState(State.Hovered, State.Hovered).textFlags(TextFlag.Underline);
+        _label.textColor(0x000080);
+        padding(Rect(3,3,3,3));
+    }
+}
+
 /// checkbox
 class CheckBox : ImageTextButton {
     this(string ID = null, string textResourceId = null) {
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
index 07395aa5..cdcde587 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
@@ -746,6 +746,17 @@ class Style {
 		return child;
 	}
 
+    /// find exact existing state style or create new if no matched styles found
+    Style getOrCreateState(uint stateMask = 0, uint stateValue = 0) {
+		if (stateValue == State.Normal)
+			return this;
+		foreach(item; _substates) {
+			if ((item._stateMask == stateMask) && (item._stateValue == stateValue))
+				return item;
+		}
+		return createState(stateMask, stateValue);
+    }
+
 	/// find substyle based on widget state (e.g. focused, pressed, ...)
 	const(Style) forState(uint state) const {
 		if (state == State.Normal)
diff --git a/views/res/mdpi/applications-internet.png b/views/res/mdpi/applications-internet.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..670c0716
Binary files /dev/null and b/views/res/mdpi/applications-internet.png differ
diff --git a/views/standard_resources.list b/views/standard_resources.list
index 55abed7a..a2163b3a 100644
--- a/views/standard_resources.list
+++ b/views/standard_resources.list
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ res/main_menu_item_background.xml
 res/main_menu_item_background_hover.9.png
 res/main_menu_item_background_normal.9.png
 res/main_menu_item_background_selected.9.png
+res/mdpi/applications-internet.png
 res/mdpi/arrow_right_down_black.png
 res/mdpi/arrow_right_hollow.png
 res/mdpi/btn_check_off.png