[dolphin] [Bug 451021] New: WHISHLIST / Feature request: Make dolphin folder and files icons show little squares to open such folder/file in the desired alternative application

[francaco]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451021

            Bug ID: 451021
           Summary: WHISHLIST / Feature request: Make dolphin folder and
                    files icons show little squares to open such
                    folder/file in the desired alternative application
           Product: dolphin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: view-engine: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: franco.pv at protonmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 147232
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=147232&action=edit
Hovering over a folder in Dolphin

SUMMARY

It is a common scenario to open fodlers or certain file types with more than
one application. i.e.: Opening images with gwenview but sometimes also with
GIMP and/or Inkscape, opening scripts/code with Kwrite but also with Kate
and/or VScode, and so on.
So, for cases where people find themselves in this use case a lot of times, it
would be a benefit to shorten the time to select the application(s) with which
to open files, avoiding opening the context menu and the Open with... submenu.
This alternative would not show every option, but the most used or a selection
for every file type.

The alternative / Feature request: Make dolphin folder and files icons in the
folder view show little squares to open such folder/file in the desired
alternative application. This squares would be of similar appearance, behaviour
and size of the already existing select/unselect square icons. So they would
show up when hovering the cursor over the folder/file icon and would highlight
when hovering the cursor over them. Clicking on the folder/file icon like usual
would open it with the default application... the squares are for the
alternative apps.

Clicking on this little squares would open the respective file/folder using the
selected application.

This feature should look like the images attached.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Dolphin
2. Move the cursor over any file or folder

OBSERVED RESULT

Three little squares with app icons inside should appear on the bottom-right
corner of the hovered folder/file.

EXPECTED RESULT

Clicking on any of these icons should open the hovered file/folder using the
application that the little icon represented.

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