Feature Request: Allow double clicking the tray icon to open the 'nextcloud' folder

[DeMoB]

Dropbox allows double clicking the application's tray icon to open the main sync folder.

I'd love if a similar feature could be implemented in nextcloud.

Single click could still be left as opening the app status/settings, but the double click captured to open the folder.

[michaelstingl]

Dropbox allows double clicking the application's tray icon to open the main sync folder.

Not on macOS. (v69.4.102)

[alescdb]

I would also love to have this, It make more sense to open the nextcloud folder that the activity window by defaut on double click, especialy for those like me that are switching from Dropbox to Nextcloud (at least on Windows and Linux).
Maybe this can be an option in the settings?

[alescdb]

If someone is interested, I've made a simple, quick & dirty patch (works with current master).
You can apply it with :

git apply nc.patch

and compile like usual (cf. REAMDE.md).

diff --git a/src/gui/owncloudgui.cpp b/src/gui/owncloudgui.cpp
index 53b568413..40f572abc 100644
--- a/src/gui/owncloudgui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/owncloudgui.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ void ownCloudGui::slotOpenSettingsDialog()
     }
 }
 
+bool ownCloudGui::openFirstFolder()
+{
+    FolderMan *folderMan = FolderMan::instance();
+    if (folderMan->map().size() > 0) {
+        this->slotFolderOpenAction(folderMan->map().first()->alias());
+        return (true);
+    }
+    return (false);
+}
+
 void ownCloudGui::slotTrayClicked(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason reason)
 {
     if (_workaroundFakeDoubleClick) {
@@ -176,6 +186,9 @@ void ownCloudGui::slotTrayClicked(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason reason)
                 raiseDialog(_settingsDialog.data());
             }
 #else
+            if (this->openFirstFolder()) {
+                return;
+            }
             slotOpenSettingsDialog();
 #endif
         }
diff --git a/src/gui/owncloudgui.h b/src/gui/owncloudgui.h
index 105235233..566711d43 100644
--- a/src/gui/owncloudgui.h
+++ b/src/gui/owncloudgui.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public slots:
     void slotTrayMessageIfServerUnsupported(Account *account);
     void slotNavigationAppsFetched(const QJsonDocument &reply, int statusCode);
     void slotEtagResponseHeaderReceived(const QByteArray &value, int statusCode);
+    bool openFirstFolder();
 
 
     /**

[brainchild0]

Single click could still be left as opening the app status/settings, but the double click captured to open the folder.

On my system double clicking causes no specific or helpful action. I observe that single clicking opens (or closes) the drop down menu, and double clicking is processed as two single clicks. Opening the settings window is impossible except through using the menu entry, which is inconvenient as it is by far the most common action.

Perhaps it is a platform issue.

I am running Linux Mint 19.2 with Cinnamon Desktop.

NC Client version is 2.6.0.

[bcurran3]

I would give my left, um, ...every GitHub + point I have for this feature on Windows.

[er-vin]

@jancborchardt opinion there?

[jancborchardt]

If this is something that Google Drive and Dropbox (still) do, then it would be nice to have for sure. Even if it seems to be only a thing on Windows, still nice to have it there for people who are used to it.

[DeMoB]

I don't have Google Drive installed to check, but Dropbox and OneDrive still have this behaviour on windows.

[bcurran3]

Google Backup and Sync (formerly Google Drive) has this behavior. Double clicking the system tray icon opens up the local storage folder for the program.

[er-vin]

If this is something that Google Drive and Dropbox (still) do, then it would be nice to have for sure. Even if it seems to be only a thing on Windows, still nice to have it there for people who are used to it.

I just wonder which folder it should open though, you can have several accounts with several sync folders for each. And their orders is not really configurable by the user so picking "the first one we find" is a bit like picking at random.

[alescdb]

@er-vin If the "double click to open folder" is made optional, a sub-option may be added to select the default account/folder to open ?!