Bug 515000

Summary:	Feature Request: Quick actions or link to "File Associations - System Settings" from the "Choose Application" (aka Open With...) menu
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Avasam <samuel.06>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	dolphin-bugs-null, meven29
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Avasam 2026-01-24 01:18:06 UTC

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This is a QoL feature request that also improves discoverability for newer users.

In the Dolphin FIle Browser, right clicking then "Open With..." opens a window that allows you to set the default application for a mime type. However, this is quite inconvenient when the mime type is either incorrect/underspecified/missing for custom file extensions (often packages for specific applications that are just a zip file with a custom filename extension).

Custom mimetypes can be configured in "File Associations - System Settings", but that's not as easily discoverable for newer users, and even for existing users it's annoying to go through "open with..." only to later realize the current file association is not what you want/expect. Causing you to have to *close out / backtrack* rather than *progress towards* the solution from a menu that promised to do just that.

I can see 2 solutions to this:
1. In "Choose Application", link to "File Associations - System Settings", and let the user handle it from there.
2. Add a quick actions for creating/updating/adding to mimetypes directly in "Choose Application"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-8-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: llvmpipe

Comment 1 Méven Car 2026-01-29 13:36:03 UTC

> 2. Add a quick actions for creating/updating/adding to mimetypes directly in "Choose Application"

Seems to me like the better option.
We already have the "Open with another application" dialog.
Perhaps what we want is the ability to add application to mimetype association when you click on "show all installed applications".
A button to open `kcmshell6 kcm_filetypes` for a mime-type seems also necessary as only there can you remove and change the association ordering.