open a folder from desktop in new window (setting)

[hhielscher]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

Current behavior: When I double click a folder on the desktop the folder opens in a new tab.
Expected behavior: The folder gets opened in a new window
Setting files and folders / opening items / open folders in new tab is disabled

Requirements

• This proposal will accomplish to open folders from the desktop in a new window

Files Version

3.5.0.0

Windows Version

10.0.19045.4651

Comments

No response

[Josh65-2201]

Thanks for the feedback, you can turn off the option in Files settings > General > Startup settings > Open tab in existing instance when opening Files from another app

[hhielscher]

None of the options in startup settings made a difference. If I open two folders from the desktop the second folder is always opened as a tab.

[Josh65-2201]

I can't reproduce that behaviors with the settings I said turned off.

• Are you opening both of them at the same time?
• Can you send a screenshot of your startup settings

[hhielscher]

There are several issues here:

1. I didn't see the toggle "open tab in existing instance ..." because I didn"t know there were hidden settings that are collapsed by default --> so this a discoverability issue and therefore another bug
2. with startup settings to "continue where you left off" it still looks as if the folder gets opened in a new tab, but instead a new window gets opened above the old window (at the same location, with the same size) and the tabs from the original window get restored and the tab is added.
   I guess this is intentional since if you open a new window with Ctrl-N the tabs of the old windows are duplicated as well. I thought that "continue where you left off" works like a session manager that restores your previous windows and tabs after a restart. --> so I guess it works as intended