Add double click to extract archives

[Elegant-Xia]

Description

When I want to extract a "*.zip" file, I can only right click on it and select extract instead of double click on it directly,

Steps To Reproduce

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Expected behavior

Hope that I can with just double or single click to extract a zip file.

Files Version

Version: 2.0.34.0 OS

Windows Version

Windows 11 Dev 22499.1010

Relevant Assets

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[yaira2]

The intended behavior is for Files to open the archive instead of extracting the items. Both scenarios are useful so I'll leave this issue open to gather feedback from users.

[ADeltaX]

I wouldn't extract the archive on double click as a default behavior

Reason 1: Security (you want to see the content before actually extracting it)

Reason 2: Practicality (If the archive is big it will take a considerable amount of time until you can view the content when (e.g.) your intent is to view just a single file)

Reason 3: Muscle memory/Repeatability (Does the user actually always extract the entire archive? or just specific files? If specific files only then it's better just to list the content of the archive and then extract/open the file of interest with a double click)

[yaira2]

Thank you for your feedback, we found that the large majority of users prefer the right click menu.

[yaira2]

@Elegant-Xia while we don't have plans to implement this, we added a toolbar button to make it easier to extract archives.