Open Finder folder with IntelliJ IDEA, Sublime Text or VSCode

What to expect from this article?

Finder is absolutely the best file browser for Mac! Don't waste your time looking for a better one (you would do it anyway, in case you are coming from a Linux background like me 🤓). But Finder has a few issues, actually

• No option to show hidden files
• No clear file/folder path
• No option to customize the context menu

First two are actually simple to solve.

• command + shift + . shows hidden files 😁
• from View menu, choose show path bar 😉
• this one is still kinda ugly ⚠️

This is a simple tip for Mac users in order to speed up opening code folders in Finder files explorer.

Where to start?

1. Start by opening Mac Automator app. command+space, type automator

2. Choose to create a Quick Action

3. Choose to show your quick action for folders in Finder, then choose an image (for some reason, it doesn't work for me since I use the path bar, but it might work for you)

4. Choose the action from Files ... olders, and double-click on Open Finder Items

5. Choose the app to lunch; if you cannot find it directly, choose Other...

6. Save the action; just press command + s and choose a name

7. Test it in the finder!

8. Either right-click on any folder and choose it from quick actions section

• or from right-clicking any folder in the path bar

• or from the quick preview section

A special tip: If you have already created too many actions (like me while testing 😅), you might prefer to be able to remove the unused ones.
You can find the created actions at /Users/username/Library/Services folder
Use command + shift + . to show hidden files and folders to find the Library

Stay tuned for more tips and tricks 😎