feat: allow launchApp to open explorer at a specific path

Author: jelveh

src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.js

@@ -2879,6 +2879,10 @@ window.navbar_path_droppable = (el_window)=>{
  *
  */
 window.navbar_path = (abs_path)=>{
+    // remove trailing slash
+    if(abs_path.endsWith('/') && abs_path !== '/')
+        abs_path = abs_path.slice(0, -1);
+
     const dirs = (abs_path === '/' ? [''] : abs_path.split('/'));
     const dirpaths = (abs_path === '/' ? ['/'] : [])
     const path_seperator_html = `<img class="path-seperator" draggable="false" src="${html_encode(window.icons['triangle-right.svg'])}">`;

src/gui/src/helpers/launch_app.js

@@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ const launch_app = async (options)=>{
         else
             title = path.dirname(options.path);
 
+        // if options.args.path is provided, use it as the path
+        if(options.args?.path){
+            // if args.path is provided, enforce the directory
+            let fsentry = await puter.fs.stat(options.args.path);
+            if(!fsentry.is_dir){
+                let parent = path.dirname(options.args.path);
+                if(parent === options.args.path)
+                    parent = window.home_path;
+                options.path = parent;
+            }else{
+                options.path = options.args.path;
+            }  
+        }
+
         // open window
         el_win = UIWindow({
             element_uuid: uuid,