Listary 5 : Making listary's quick switch work on 3rd party file explorer, Files

KevinABK · January 23, 2022, 2:54am

Anyone managed to get quick switch to work with the 3rd party file explorer, Files?
Any guides on how to make it work?
Quick switch is sorely missed atm

eagleeyez · February 3, 2022, 7:16pm

Ask Files dev

eddablin · January 19, 2023, 1:42pm

Got it to work

Chaoses-Ib · March 19, 2023, 1:20pm

I have submitted a feature request to Files to add an API for getting a tab’s path:

github.com/files-community/Files

API for third-party applications to get Files tab‘s path

opened 12:32PM - 19 Mar 23 UTC

Chaoses-Ib

feature request

### What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files? Is it possibl…e for Files to add an API to get a tab's path? This will allow third-party applications to integrate with Files. For example, [Listary](https://www.listary.com/)'s [file application plugin](https://github.com/listary/Listary.FileAppPlugin) can get the folder opened in Files via this API, and then enable users to jump to the folder in file dialogs like this: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/50246090/226175273-54af4d08-7277-4a22-b73d-ab9729aaf348.png) ### Requirements The API can be implemented as a URL protocol or a CLI argument. For example, it can follow the [x-callback-url specification](https://x-callback-url.com/): ``` files-uwp://x-callback-url/get-tab-path?x-success=myapp://x-callback-url ``` Or just add a CLI argument: ```powershell > files.exe --active-tab-path C:\Windows ``` ### Files Version Version: 2.4.54.0 ### Windows Version Windows 11 22H2 22621.1413 ### Comments _No response_

If you need Quick Switch with Files for Listary 6, you can upvote this feature request to make the developer provide support.

eddablin · December 11, 2023, 8:22pm

Have you managed to get “quick switch” to work on Files?

Chaoses-Ib · December 12, 2023, 6:18am

No, Files hasn’t supported an API yet and our PM doesn’t have a plan to support Files at this time.