[kde] [Bug 505638] Suggestion: Double-right-click to edit files

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505638

--- Comment #4 from closed.limelike.curves at gmail.com ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> It opens the file in the second item in the priority list for that file type
> — whatever it is. It's not hardcoded to be KWrite. You can edit this in
> priority list in System Settings > Default Applications > File Associations
> > find a file type > change the "Application Preference Order".

Oh, thanks! In that case, I suppose I've run into three issues with the current
implementation:
1. Looking at the file associations, editing them one-by-one seems
unwieldy—there's way too many filetypes for me to set the correct secondary
program for each one.
2. The connection between middle-clicking and being second in this list is hard
to discover.
3. Middle-clicking a directory seems to be special-cased, which keeps me from
mapping middle-click to opening the folder in VSCode. This could be solved
either by having users open folders in a new tab with `ctrl+click` and making
middle-click behave consistently,* or by allowing users to open the second
option for either files or folders with something like `alt+(double) click`.

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