https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506836

--- Comment #5 from Ben V <[email protected]> ---
> Aha, that's the problem: VSCode can in fact open folders, but doesn't
> advertise this in its .desktop file. It should! And you can edit its
> .desktop file yourself to tell the system that it can open folders.
> 
> What's requested here is a workaround for an app bug that should be fixed,
> and already has existing working workarounds; I'm not sure we should
> implement it as proposed, sorry! Please do report that issue to the VSCode
> folks, though.

Similar issues exist for all Jetbrains products, GitKraken, and numerous other
dev tools that I use.

Whilst I understand that the "correct" route is for the owners of these tools
to correct their desktop files, surely it is in the best interest of the end
user to add this easy option as a workaround? It's a relatively basic feature
that I'd expect to see, and was rather surprised when it didn't exist.

I don't think we should be compromising system usability simply because there
is a "correct" way of doing it which clearly isn't being globally adhered to by
application developers (and relatively large ones at that), to the detriment of
KDE users. In my opinion the average user shouldn't need to be filing bug
reports against these applications or manually finding and updating their own
.desktop files, even if those more experienced with the technology should do so
on behalf of the wider community.

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