Client will not open my local file explorer to browser kbfs files
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Description
Clicking the button next to any kbfs folder in the GUI should open that folder in the native file explorer. Using the keybase-gui Community package on Arch and the Gnome desktop environment, nothing happens when I click this button.

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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the Keybase GUI Community package on Arch Linux and GNOME, then inspect the GUI action for opening a kbfs folder in the native file explorer. Done means clicking the button next to a kbfs folder opens that folder in the system file explorer; verify the behavior in the affected environment.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- arch-linux
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100