Is it possible to open a folder in Finder with the open external API?

Adobe XD UXP Plugin API
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Use case:
A designer selects a layer, opens Rendition Plugin 2000 and exports a rendition to the file system. They then want to access that rendition. They click the Open in Finder button in the plugin UI and it opens.

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I wonder if Shell.openExternal’ing a URL with file:/// would work?

https://adobexdplatform.com/plugin-docs/reference/uxp/class/Shell.html?h=shell

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@cpryland
It doesn’t, unfortunately. It used to work (during the Beta) but then got taken out…

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I don’t think there is any way to do this (considering file:// explicitly got taken out of openExternal()) at the moment. I think someone once mentioned it works if you have a link in a dialog, but I have tried that and wasn’t able to get it to work, so I don’t know if that’s possible or not…

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Are there any news here?

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