Maybe it depends on if the respective file type is associated with the program or set by default to be opened with it?
When I select three jpg files and choose "open with Gwenview", I get one Gwenview instance showing all three files. If I do the same with "open with Gimp", I get three Gimp instances. Same for KGeoTag: Three files selected --> three instances. I'm on Gentoo btw. Am Freitag, 15. Juli 2022, 23:44:27 CEST schrieb David Hurka: > On Friday, July 15, 2022 11:35:11 PM CEST Tobias Leupold wrote: > > What happens when I select multiple files in Dolphin and do "open with" is > > that not a list of the selected files is passed to the called program, but > > one instance of the program is opened for each file. > > > > This does not only happen for what I try to implement in KGeoTag, but also > > e.g. for the Gimp (instead of opening a tab for each file, one Gimp > > instance is opened for each file). > > I did not notice this behavior yet. > I frequently select a couple of source files in Dolphin, and do Enter to > open all of them in Kate. > It always opens only one Kate instance. > > But if I select only one, do Enter, then select another one, do Enter, > before any Kate instance has launched, I get multiple Kates. > So I think either your Dolphin works different than mine, or you have > another mistake. > > BTW here it works the same whether I do Enter or right-click -> Open with...