Bug: Address bar formatting causes issues when running commands through address bar

[FieryRMS]

Description

Commands run through the address bar are being formatted, which breaks some commands. For example, // and / are converted to \ in the address bar. https://github.com/files-community/Files becomes https:\github.com\files-community\Files. This behavior is inconsistent with how windows explorer or run dialog handles commands.

This can cause issues with many commands that take links/paths/strings as parameters and expect a certain format, like git, curl. For example, running git clone https://github.com/files-community/Files does not work in Files but works in Windows explorer. curl https://httpbin.org/get does not work in Files for the same reason.

Steps To Reproduce

1. run ping https://github.com/files-community/Files from the address bar. (we are only interested in the output, not if it pings)
2. Actual output:
   Ping request could not find host https:\github.com\files-community\Files. Please check the name and try again.

Requirements

Expected output:
Ping request could not find host https://github.com/files-community/Files. Please check the name and try again.

This is the behavior in Windows Explorer. More specifically, https://github.com/files-community/Files remains unchanged when passed as a parameter to the command.

Files Version

3.4.1.0

Windows Version

10.0.22631.3593

Log File

(not necessary)

[Josh65-2201]

Thanks for the report, the path bar isn't meant to be used for terminal commands or replace run dialog, at most it opens a program with a path added. We're tracking integrated terminals in #6235 . You can check there or click subscribe in the right sidebar for updates.

[yaira2]

Thanks for the report, the path bar isn't meant to be used for terminal commands or replace run dialog, at most it opens a program with a path added. We're tracking integrated terminals in #6235 . You can check there or click subscribe in the right sidebar for updates.

@Josh65-2201 the original intention was for the address bar to help launch commands, but it was never a widely advertised feature.