I have checked the forum but have not been able to find anything regarding a button to open a file with the windows default file handler. Is there one? I did see this post Command: Open file using extensions or mime-types to choose program but was wanting to click on the "Open" button and the file …

Welcome to the world's best file manager and its forum! Double click on the file in a file display of a lister and the program will open based on its extension and the default file handler in Windows - or am I missing something.

Hi, Thanks for the response! Sorry I missed out the part where I select multiple files to open! As in the screenshot if I select multiple files to open is there a button I can use to open them directly without having to use the context menu?

FileType ACTION=shellex will be most like double-clicking the file in File Explorer. FileType ACTION=dblclk will be most like double-clicking the file in Opus (including any Opus-specific overrides on the double-click action). (FileType ACTION=open or FileType open will often do the same thing, bu…

Thanks for the response. Sorry for the amateur question, but those commands I make a button and then attach one of those commands to it?

[image] How to use buttons and scripts from this forum scrollButtons/Scripts This post explains how to add buttons to toolbars and menus, and also applies to raw commands for things like standalone hotkeys. For how to use Script Add-Ins, please scroll down to …

It wasn't working but then just realised I was still in customise mode. In working mode it does exactly as I hoped. thanks so much for your assistance. Directory Opus really is awesome!

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