Bug 378384

Summary:	Allow services to intercept file open events
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Andrew Morgan <andrew>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, mail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	18.04.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	All
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andrew Morgan 2017-04-02 23:13:27 UTC

Hey all, 

I'm trying to develop an plugin to complete certain actions when opening a file on a per-file basis, and to my understanding this is currently not possible as a part of Dolphin.

Would there be interest in extending the current plugins system to call an service during a file open (double-click file) event? Would there be any objection if I started working on a PR for it?

Thanks!

Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-04-03 21:51:42 UTC

Hi, what exactly do you want to do and what is currently missing?

Comment 2 Andrew Morgan 2017-04-03 23:07:43 UTC

(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #1)
> Hi, what exactly do you want to do and what is currently missing?

Sorry if I wasn't too clear. When opening a file in Dolphin I'd like to have my extension check some attributes of the file and open a specific program based on those attributes. Similar to what is done for file types now, but on a per-file basis.

As far as I know this can't be currently done, is that correct?

Comment 3 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-04-21 16:45:39 UTC

That's correct, but I'm not sure if this can be done at all. Feel free to submit a patch if you like :)

Comment 4 Julian Steinmann 2018-05-18 18:08:43 UTC

I'll treat this report as a wish. It'd be nice to have this feature, but it's not a deal breaker for most users. If you want to submit a patch, please do so over at phabricator.kde.org.