Support for "show in folder"

[Doda94]

What's the Problem?

Currently "show in folder" option, found in 3rd party apps, opens the folder where the file is located but does not highlight the file itself.
Below is an example from Telegram Desktop app.

Solution/Idea

Make the app highlight selected files.

Alternatives

None?

Priorities

Capability	Priority
This proposal will allow end users to find the file they are looking for.	Must

Files Version

Version: 2.0.13.0

Windows Version

Windows 11 21H2 22000.194

Additional comment

No response

[gave92]

As reference this is how explorerpluplus does it -> derceg/explorerplusplus@67c3687 😮 (DO and xplorer2 too)

[abdonkov]

Just for information, even with the implementation in explorer++, this bug #5546 isn't fixed.
However maybe the implementation isn't perfect, because Directory Opus for example works correctly. Sadly DO is closed source, but probably they are doing the same thing, but better...

[m1karii]

Files not having ability to highlight items in folder is the only reason why im not using it as default file manager. I'd really appreciate this feature.

[gave92]

Pushed here: https://github.com/files-community/Files/tree/show_in_folder a test branch that adds support for highlighting the item when using "show in folder". Code is taken from Explorer++. Unfortunately it appears it does not work reliably, e.g works from the start menu but not from edge (same does Explorer++).

[Pietro228]

Any update?

[gave92]

@Pietro228 not really, this thing is hard. Currently we got "show in folder" highlight the item when done from the start menu, but doesn't work when invoked from anywhere else.