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Please File Explorer support previewing the contents of zip without unarchived #2205

Open liyuxi opened 4 years ago

liyuxi commented 4 years ago

like BetterZip for QuickLook in macOS

TheJoeFin commented 4 years ago

I can currently preview .zip files in File Explorer without extracting them.

Are you suggesting this should work with more file types like .rar and .7z?

crutkas commented 4 years ago

This is a great idea

Would a tree view of the files names be ok? Maybe if you double click then it opens?

liyuxi commented 4 years ago

This is a great idea

Would a tree view of the files names be ok? Maybe if you double click then it opens?

or both😘

hawkerm commented 2 years ago

Now that there's a reason to have the Preview Pane open with File Explorer for all the file handlers Power Toys provides now, it'd be really great to see a preview of zip files too. I think a simple TreeView would be fine, just allow us to expand folders.

Bonus to be able to right-click and extract just the selected nodes (folders and/or files) or double-click and open a single file.

Korb commented 1 year ago

Please File Explorer support previewing the contents of zip without unarchived

Microsoft Windows File Explorer already supports viewing and editing ZIP archives without decompressing them:

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pa-0 commented 2 weeks ago

I know there is a way to configure which Preview Handlers File Explorer's Preview Pane uses for associated files, but is there a way to use Peek's preview handler for archives in the Preview Pane?

hawkerm commented 2 weeks ago

Please File Explorer support previewing the contents of zip without unarchived

Microsoft Windows File Explorer already supports viewing and editing ZIP archives without decompressing them:

This is about getting a preview when you're clicking on the file within the folder vs. having to try and find it in the folder list to navigate it like a folder:

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If you have a ton of folders and or archives, trying to find them in the folder list is a pain, especially if it's something you just downloaded and is right here. The goal is to just have a quick glance within the contents to help make decisions on what to do with the file or how/where to extract it.

The majority of my workflows with zip files is:

  1. Find File
  2. Right-Click Context Menu
  3. (If on Windows 11...PITA) Expand Context Menu
  4. Got to 7-zip ->
  5. Open Archive
  6. See if the person who packaged the zip file put things in a root folder in the zip file or if there's just loose files everywhere... a. If the contents was a folder, do the above 2-4 context menu and do 7-zip -> Extract Here b. If the contents is a bunch of files, do the above 2-4 context and Extract to 'zip file name' folder ('demo' in this example)

Then I have a new folder with the contents of the zip file that I can use. Great! Oh, I have to do these 12 steps again, great...

I'm going to open a new issue for a new idea...