How to open files in a particular app with keyboard?

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Does anyone know how I can set a keyboard shortcut to open a selected file in a particular application?
For example, how can I have .html files set to open in a text editor by default, but set a keyboard shortcut to open one in Firefox if it’s selected?

I’m using the Nautilus file manager in GNOME 48 on Debian 13

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You can create scripts in Nautilus which adds options to the rightclick menu, then you can assign keybinds to them: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME/Files#Custom_scripts This is Arch wiki, but this applies to all distros

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If the file is already selected you can do this from the keyboard:
SHIFT+F10 -> h -> ARROW KEYS (to highlight Firefox) -> ENTER

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