Bug 379944

Summary:	Usability: option to open archive location in file manager
Product:	[Applications] ark	Reporter:	felix.bode
Component:	general	Assignee:	Elvis Angelaccio <elvis.angelaccio>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	lueck, rthomsen6
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	accessibility, usability
Version First Reported In:	16.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	(not sure if imgur saves images forever)

Description felix.bode 2017-05-17 14:33:15 UTC

Created attachment 105606 [details]
(not sure if imgur saves images forever)

I download a compressed file with firefox and open it with ark. I decompress it in location (Downloads folder) and now I want to open it with my standard file manager. 
I would like to have a fast option to open the location of the archive with my file manager.

Currently I have to navigate to the location manually, or alternatively use the path in the archive properties (which is slow and cumbersome).

A simple fix would be to add an option on right-clicking the background (here: http://imgur.com/79l5Lu9) to open the archive location in the file manager.

Comment 1 Burkhard Lück 2017-05-18 03:55:37 UTC

https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdeutils/ark/ark-extract.html#ark-extract-dialog reads in section Extracting Files:
[...]
You may also choose to open the destination folder in Dolphin or close Ark once the extraction is complete.
[...]

Comment 2 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-05-21 20:40:30 UTC

(In reply to felix.bode from comment #0)
> Created attachment 105606 [details]
> (not sure if imgur saves images forever)
> 
> I download a compressed file with firefox and open it with ark. I decompress
> it in location (Downloads folder) and now I want to open it with my standard
> file manager. 
> I would like to have a fast option to open the location of the archive with
> my file manager.
> 
> Currently I have to navigate to the location manually, or alternatively use
> the path in the archive properties (which is slow and cumbersome).

Location of what? It seems you are referring to the location of the archive (which may be different from the location the archive was extracted to), but if that's the case I don't get why you would want to open the file manager there.

Comment 3 felix.bode 2017-05-22 08:34:50 UTC

Burkhard Lueck:
Thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for. I am sorry it didn't occur to me to look in the extracting dialog.