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What's the Problem?

There is currently no quick way to open a folder in a new tab.

Solution/Idea

The idea would be to include some keyboard shortcut and/or Keyboard+Mouse combos to open a folder as a new tab.

Alternatives

1. Ctrl+Enter
2. Shift+Enter

Impossible combinations include:

• Alt+Enter (Opens Properties)
• Shift+Double-Click (In single-click mode, Shift is used to select)

Priorities

Capability	Priority
Let users open a single folder in a new tab.	Must
Involve as few inputs as possible	Should
Move the view to the newly opened tab by default	Should
Have an option to not move the view to the newly opened tab	Could
Should not interfere with existing shortcuts	Won't

Files Version

2.3.0.0

Windows Version

Windows 11 Pro 22H2 22621.169

Comments

Though a keyboard shortcut alone would be amazing, it would also be extremely useful to have a keyboard+mouse combo since a lot of people tend to have one mouse on the keyboard and one on the mouse when using Files.

Ctrl + Enter should work.

Note: the keyboard+Click part is covered by #6539

Hello all, noob dev here trying to obtain some open-source C# experience. I have a hunch of how to implement this but am looking for some direction on how to proceed.

My initial idea is to find the .xaml file(s) related to folder/drive selection and implement a keyboard accelerator that calls the OpenPathInNewTab() method in the src\Files.Uwp\Helpers\NavigationHelpers.cs class

However I have been looking for a few days and am unable to figure out how a folder is determined to be selected and what the corresponding .xaml file(s) are. I am wondering if anyone is able to kindly provide some general guidance? Thank you in advance.

@ELowry @yaichenbaum