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[FEATURE]: Re-add "Open in external editor" to the new TUI #30135
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Feature: Re-add "Open in external editor" / "Open in..." to the new TUI
After the TUI rewrite (Go+Bubbletea → OpenTUI/Zig+SolidJS), the context menu option "Open in..." / "Open in external editor" was removed.
This feature was very useful on Windows for quickly opening files from the session list in external editors (VS Code, Notepad++, etc.). The old TUI had it as a right-click context menu option.
Would be great to have it back, ideally configurable to list which editors to show (e.g., "Open in VS Code", "Open in Notepad++").
🔍 Relation to Existing Issues
Note for maintainers: I reviewed the automated duplicate suggestions. While this is closely related to #29930, that issue specifically focuses on macOS desktop v2 restoration. This request focuses on the Windows environment and proposes a specific enhancement: making the external editors fully configurable via settings (allowing multiple options like VS Code and Notepad++ to appear in the menu), which is not explicitly covered in #29930.
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github-actions commentedon May 31, 2026
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github-actions commentedon May 31, 2026
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needs:compliancelabel has been removed.simonklee commentedon Jun 24, 2026
This specifically isn't on our roadmap AFAIK, but i think you can implement this with a plugin now if I'm not mistaken.
kazuyabr commentedon Jun 24, 2026
Which plugin?