Bug 452080

Summary:	Kate is already open. Double-click on file in File Explorer. File opens in new instance of Kate
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Mark Gibb <mmegibb>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Mark Gibb 2022-03-30 16:06:37 UTC

SUMMARY
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Note: this is a duplicate of bug 417201.  I'm reporting it again because I have a new version of Kate and the same bad behavior is happening again.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Kate is open and has several files open in tabs.
2. From Windows Explorer, double-click on associated file.

OBSERVED RESULT
A new Kate window is opened containing the file I double-clicked on

EXPECTED RESULT
The file should open in a new tab within the already running Kate instance

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: Windows 10 Enterprise, version 20H2, OS build 19042.1586
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2022-06-17 18:08:15 UTC

Could you retry with the current 22.04.x release?