# menus: Add "Open File" action for Linux and Windows \(\#23707\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: 02af8dde1688fcd88ec5d165d239d65dfe28ed72

Requested commit: 02af8dde1688fcd88ec5d165d239d65dfe28ed72

Commit: 02af8dde1688fcd88ec5d165d239d65dfe28ed72

Tree: 0e5fe657f308396a00fd47f7a2030ac6bfae7f42

Author: tims

Committer: GitHub

## Message

```
menus: Add "Open File" action for Linux and Windows (#23707)

This PR adds menu item for `workspace::OpenFiles` in app menu on Linux
and Windows.

Context:
When opening a file or folder on Linux and Windows via the native file
picker, the picker can be either in file-only mode or folder-only mode.
This means you have to open it already knowing whether you want to open
a file or a folder, unlike macOS, which lets you choose either in the
same picker.

For this reason, a new action, `workspace::OpenFiles`, was recently
added for Linux and Windows. This is basically file-only mode, alongside
the existing `workspace::Open` action, which is folder-only. In macOS,
the `workspace::Open` action is sufficient to open both file and folder.

Before:  
<img
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/67dc95d6-e98d-438a-9568-570e87617f85"
alt="Before" width="200" />

After:  
<img
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d0ffd02c-0f48-4edc-b426-4d430f2e0c86"
alt="After" width="200" />

Release Notes:

- Added "Open File" action in file menu for Linux and Windows.
```

## Parents

- [34d0b57945bb102fde75b3db8b56cc1afaaf1613](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/commit/34d0b57945bb102fde75b3db8b56cc1afaaf1613?format=markdown)

[Source at this commit](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/tree/02af8dde1688fcd88ec5d165d239d65dfe28ed72?format=markdown)