added new openDirectory api

src/api/common.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ export const getAppVersion = async (): Promise<string> => {
     }
 };
 
+export const openDirectory = async (dirPath: string): Promise<void> => {
+    try {
+        await ipcRenderer.invoke('open-dir', dirPath);
+    } catch (e) {
+        logError(e, 'error while opening directory');
+        throw e;
+    }
+};
+
 export {
     logToDisk,
     openLogDirectory,

src/preload.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
     openLogDirectory,
     getSentryUserID,
     getAppVersion,
+    openDirectory,
 } from './api/common';
 import { fixHotReloadNext12 } from './utils/preload';
 import { isFolder, getDirFiles } from './api/fs';
@@ -103,4 +104,5 @@ windowObject['ElectronAPIs'] = {
     generateImageThumbnail,
     logRendererProcessMemoryUsage,
     registerForegroundEventListener,
+    openDirectory,
 };

src/utils/ipcComms.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ export default function setupIpcComs(
         shell.openPath(app.getPath('logs'));
     });
 
+    ipcMain.handle('open-dir', (_, dirPath) => {
+        shell.openPath(dirPath);
+    });
+
     ipcMain.on('update-and-restart', () => {
         updateAndRestart();
     });