diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/frame.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/frame.rs
index 9308d7d6d..1c7c51177 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/frame.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/frame.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ impl EffectcraftApp {
                     self.ui.timeline.pps = None;
                 }
                 effectcraft_engine::Event::Toast { message, .. } => self.toast = Some((message, self.now)),
-                effectcraft_engine::Event::OpenUrl(url) => open_url(ctx, url),
+                effectcraft_engine::Event::OpenUrl(url) => ctx.open_url(egui::OpenUrl::new_tab(url)),
                 // Frames are keyed by content: an edit keeps those of comps it doesn't touch.
                 effectcraft_engine::Event::ProjectChanged { .. } => {}
                 effectcraft_engine::Event::Frontend { command, params } => {
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@ impl EffectcraftApp {
         let header = egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::pos2(full.min.x, top), egui::vec2(full.width(), header_h));
         header::show(self, ui, header);
         let body = egui::Rect::from_min_max(egui::pos2(full.min.x + 4.0, header.max.y + 2.0), egui::pos2(full.max.x - 4.0, full.max.y - 4.0));
+        crate::color_picker::note_dialog(&ctx, self.dialog);
         // After the shortcuts, menus and header, which can replace the project (New, Open).
         self.ui.timeline.scope_links(self.session.script_ui.project_epoch);
-        crate::color_picker::note_dialog(&ctx, self.dialog);
         self.dock_area(ui, body);
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         prefs_live::dropped_files(self, ui, full);
@@ -583,48 +583,3 @@ impl EffectcraftApp {
         }
     }
 }
-
-/// Opens `url`: on Windows a `file://` folder (Reveal in Explorer) in File Explorer, since the
-/// system browser would get it otherwise (#1961); anything else in the browser.
-fn open_url(ctx: &egui::Context, url: String) {
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    if let Some(path) = file_url_path(&url) {
-        // The engine only sends folders it checked are plain folders (`reveal_url`).
-        if std::process::Command::new("explorer").arg(&path).spawn().is_ok() {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    ctx.open_url(egui::OpenUrl::new_tab(url));
-}
-
-/// The Windows path of a `file:///C:/…` (or `file:////server/share/…`) URL, percent-decoded.
-#[cfg(any(windows, test))]
-fn file_url_path(url: &str) -> Option<String> {
-    let rest = url.strip_prefix("file:///")?;
-    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(rest.len());
-    let mut it = rest.bytes();
-    while let Some(b) = it.next() {
-        if b == b'%' {
-            let hex = [it.next()?, it.next()?];
-            bytes.push(u8::from_str_radix(std::str::from_utf8(&hex).ok()?, 16).ok()?);
-        } else {
-            bytes.push(b);
-        }
-    }
-    let path = String::from_utf8(bytes).ok()?.replace('/', "\\");
-    // `file:////server/share` is the UNC path `\\server\share`.
-    Some(if path.starts_with('\\') { format!("\\{path}") } else { path })
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    /// #1961: Reveal's `file://` URLs map back to the folder Explorer opens.
-    #[test]
-    fn file_urls_map_to_windows_paths() {
-        assert_eq!(super::file_url_path("file:///C:/Footage/My%20Shots/").as_deref(), Some("C:\\Footage\\My Shots\\"));
-        assert_eq!(super::file_url_path("file:///C:/Clips/%E6%98%A0%E5%83%8F").as_deref(), Some("C:\\Clips\\映像"));
-        assert_eq!(super::file_url_path("file:////server/share/x").as_deref(), Some("\\\\server\\share\\x"));
-        assert_eq!(super::file_url_path("https://getartcraft.com"), None);
-        assert_eq!(super::file_url_path("file:///C:/bad%2"), None);
-    }
-}