Bug 488186

Summary:	per-action customisable menu and history when opening URIs, files and other MIME associations
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Paul Wise <pabs3>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Paul Wise 2024-06-07 23:18:43 UTC

SUMMARY
Similarly to the clipboard actions functionality:

I would like to be able to choose which app to open every time I open a URI, file or other MIME type from an app that doesn't already handle it.

I would also like to be able to customise the list of actions and add my own actions with custom commands.

I would also like a tray icon with history of the URLs/files/etc opened so I can search and browse them.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This would be useful when trying out new applications, when I have lost a URL, when I need to stash URLs in a file instead of opening them and many other situations.

In terms of the UI, probably the history functionality and system tray item should be associated with "Recent files/URLs". The new MIME action functionality could update the "File Associations" config (and also be available there). I guess the open menu could be called the "File actions menu" or similar.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-06-10 19:31:53 UTC

Thanks for sharing this idea!

As expressed, I think it's too big to fit in a bug report. This would be a major system feature requiring hundreds or thousands of hours of engineering effort to build, QA, and ultimately maintain over time. Such a thing would require substantial discussion and developer buy-in.

I'm also not sure how generally useful the proposed feature would be. I could see the annoyance factor being very high for people with a more typical workflow and set of expectations for opening things.

As such, I think we're going to have to say "thanks but no thanks" to this one, sorry!