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[Feature]: Add "View in File Explorer" to the project right-click menu on Windows #1696
Description
Before submitting
- I searched existing issues and did not find a duplicate.
- I am describing a concrete problem or use case, not just a vague idea.
Area
apps/web
Problem or use case
There is already an Open in control elsewhere in the UI, but View in File Explorer would be much more discoverable if it lived directly in the project context menu.
When I right-click a project in the Projects sidebar, I want a quick action that takes me straight to that folder in Windows File Explorer. That is the natural place for the action because it is tied to the project itself, not a separate top-bar control.
Proposed solution
Add View in File Explorer to the project right-click menu on Windows.
Suggested behavior:
- Right-click a project in the Projects sidebar
- Click
View in File Explorer - Open that project folder in Windows File Explorer
If useful, this could be platform-specific wording:
- Windows:
View in File Explorer - macOS:
Reveal in Finder - Linux: equivalent file manager wording
Why this matters
This makes the action faster to find and more consistent with how users think about project-level actions.
The current Open in entry already covers the capability, but the context menu is the better place for it because users expect file-management actions on the project row itself.
Smallest useful scope
Windows only:
- Add
View in File Explorerto the project context menu - Open the project root folder in Explorer
(but for something like THIS you'd want all 3 platforms as the 'smallest useful scope' so its not half implemented)
Alternatives considered
The existing Open in button works, but it is less discoverable and requires an extra UI lookup. The context menu is a better fit for this specific action.
Risks or tradeoffs
Very small amount of platform-specific behavior in the desktop shell.
The only real decision is whether the action should open:
- the project root directly, or
- the parent folder with the project selected
Opening the project root seems sufficient for a first pass.
Examples or references
This is a standard pattern in desktop apps that manage local folders and projects.
Contribution
- I would be open to helping implement this.