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Windows 11 context menu integration #3489

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be5invis opened this issue Jul 3, 2021 · 3 comments
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Windows 11 context menu integration #3489

be5invis opened this issue Jul 3, 2021 · 3 comments
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@be5invis
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be5invis commented Jul 3, 2021

Windows 11 preview introduced a new, simplified contextual menu for Explorer, and the old way Notepad3 integrates with Explorer requires an extra click to show up. Please consider implementing the new Explorer integration.

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hpwamr commented Jul 4, 2021

Comments from: microsoft/vscode#127365

  • The fact that you're on Windows 11 means you enrolled in the Insider program, Dev channel. Please have patience.
  • Its actually still in the context menu, but you have to click on show more options. This will show the old windows 10 context menu.
  • The feature you want is there, just one additional click away. It's called a workaround, something you should expect when selfhosting on dev previews.

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Adding some details on why this is important - in the new File Explorer context menu, Open With is moved to the top of the menu and supplants or replaces the need to use a separate context menu verb in most cases. 🤔
It also makes it easier to establish Notepad3 as the default when there are multiple editors.

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be5invis commented Jul 4, 2021

@hpwamr Considering NP3 only handles a single file (Unlike VSCode which needs to deal with folders), making it available in the "Open With" submenu seems easier -- register it to any file type and it should work.

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jrmoore commented Jul 9, 2021

My 2¢ on the matter would be to do away with the "Open with Notepad3" entry in favor of registering Notepad3 for either every file, or a set of extensions. However, whether it's the installer or the program itself who does the registering, when uninstalling Notepad3 those entries should be deleted too.

Besides, since Windows 11 is still in the Insider Dev channel, I'd wait for the deal with the contextual menu to stabilize, as it stands the whole OS is a mashup of Win32 controls and XAML-based ones, it's possible for things to go one way or another instead of having "Show more options" there which is detrimental.

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