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I am a new user of Webstorm/PHPStorm. Before this IDE, I used Netbeans. To open a .xds file, that is a kind of text file that you can open it just like a .js file and edit it in the editor. In Netbeans you have to option to choose: open in system. Now the associated program gets started and opens it with the selected file.

Is there a alternative way to do this in Webstorm/Phpstorm? For now I just rightclick and choose for the option: Show in Explorer. And then doubleclick the file .xds.

Thanks in advance!

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Use Files opened in associated applications in File | Settings | File Types:

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Thanks! The only drawback of this, is that the file now always opens with the associated program. But the file itself is also a text file like xml that you can edit. You also want to edit this in PHPStorm/Webstorm IDE.
You can do that with the external tool bound to a keyboard shortcut like suggested by @LazyOne.
This allowed me to remove a wrongly added file, I spent quite some time to find it. Thanks !
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AFAIK there is no such action available in current versions.

Two options:

  1. Assign such extension / pattern to File opened in associated applications in Settings | Editor | File Types. Cons: you will not be able to open such file in IDE itself.

  2. Create custom External Tool entry (Settings | Tools | External Tools) that will launch such file with default application in your OS. For Windows it can be:

Program: cmd.exe
Parameters: /C start "$FilePath$"

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