Reveal in explorer should pre-select all or none of the selected items

[ramya-rao-a]

Testing #41473

• Multi select 2 files that are siblings
• Choose Reveal in Explorer
• The Explorer opens with only one of the 2 items pre-selected

Either neither should be selected, or both should be selected. Why choose the one that is alphabetically higher than the other

[mjbvz]

Ran into this as well. Another idea: open a separate window for each item, just like we do for items in different folders (not sure about this however, could be obnoxious)

[isidorn]

@mjbvz I think that would be too spamy
@ramya-rao-a this is a fair feature request that both should be selected

Code pointer https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/fileCommands.ts#L390
Basically the windowService should also have showItemsInFolder

[oriash93]

I'm not sure is that simple.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowsService.ts#L424

As you can see, windowService's showItemInFolder method, calls showItemInFolder method from Electron's Shell class (Docs here), which says:
"Show the given file in a file manager. If possible, select the file."
It can't support more than one file.

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