How to open files in a particular app with keyboard? (slrpnk.net)

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Does anyone know how I can set a keyboard shortcut to open a selected file in a particular application? For example, how can I have .html files set to open in a text editor by default, but set a keyboard shortcut to open one in Firefox if it's selected?

I'm using the Nautilus file manager in GNOME 48 on Debian 13

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[-] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago

You can create scripts in Nautilus which adds options to the rightclick menu, then you can assign keybinds to them: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME/Files#Custom_scripts This is Arch wiki, but this applies to all distros

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