[feat] File explore context menu

[HuakunShen]

Describe the problem

I would like to insert custom right-click context menu options when I right click within a file explorer.

I could not find this API in the current documentation or issue.

I found this issue about native context menu (#4338). The proposed tauri-plugin-context-menu works but only within the Tauri app.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add APIs for inserting items into file explorer context menu.

Here is an example of my Mac Finder context menu, all of the extra options are added by an app called iRightMouse.

It would be nice if we can do similar things, making Tauri apps much more powerful.

Alternatives considered

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Additional context

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[amrbashir]

This is out of tauri scope. It is a niche use-case and an implementation detail of the app not the framework. If you feel like I am overlooking something, please let me know

[dukeeagle]

@HuakunShen do you intend to make a plugin that does this? Would love to discuss if so.

[HuakunShen]

@dukeeagle I want this feature, but didn't have a chance to research on this yet.

[ok-nick]

Hi, I implemented this for my app on macOS (currently). You can check out the project here and the finder extension code here and here.

I decided not to implement a "finder sync extension" because they require compiling a separate .appex program and you'd have to use IPC which can get cumbersome. Rather, I used (the less powerful) NSServices which you can find defined in my Info.plist file.

It looks something like this: