# Open in external editor

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-in-external-editor/43883>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\
**Created:** [July 26, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-in-external-editor/43883 "2024-07-26T10:26:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/open-in-external-editor/43883/1 "2024-07-26T10:26:18Z")

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I was attempting to add an exported Hype project to an Elements project. Dragging the folder into the resources panel worked as expected, but it’s pretty much impossible to do anything with the files once they are there.

Could you please add an ‘open in external editor…’ option to the right-click/ctrl-click menu, as well as a means of setting the preferred, default external editor (Nova, BBEdit, Code, Acorn, etc) for various file types (html, css, js, png, svg, etc).

Also, what would be the file path to reference items in the resources folder if you were going to build a custom component?

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