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> One might also say "Just use KDE!" Yeah, I guess I could use KDE, just like I use the downstairs toilet instead of the other ones. Yeah but when you go to th

> One might also say "Just use KDE!" Yeah, I guess I could use KDE, just like I use the downstairs toilet instead of the other ones. Yeah but when you go to the downstairs toilet you can't bring in your favourite newspaper because the paper its printed on isn't compatible with the light bulb and you can't read it. Firefox on KDE uses the GTK filepicker. No thumbnails.

nisa 6y ago
> Firefox on KDE uses the GTK filepicker. No thumbnails. Not true. Firefox on current Arch/Plasma works fine with the KDE filepicker.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  It's completely true on Kubuntu 18.04. Ah ! now that I think about it I remembered a little trick https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100261/how-do-i-make-firefox-64-use-the-kde-file-selection-dialog https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100261/how-do-i-make-firefo... Have to try it again.
  - ognarb 6y ago
    Kubuntu 18.04 is a bit too old, if I remember correctly this was implemented only recently.
    - johnchristopher 6y ago
      I remember doing that last year, or even the year before. Anyway, a distro released in 2018 and still supported until 2023 and 2028 for extender support can't be "a bit too old" for something like the file picker. I mean, people were making fun of me when I told them I was using that ubuntu distro that had no mp3 support by default but it was 15 years ago.
heavyset_go 6y ago
> Firefox on KDE uses the GTK filepicker. No thumbnails. Not if you set the GTK_USE_PORTAL environment variable. $ GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 firefox The above will make Firefox use the KDE filepicker.
- corty 6y ago
  So they say. But I could never get that to work, with KDE/Plasma the dialog just never shows up.
  - heavyset_go 6y ago
    An AppArmor rule used to prevent it from working on my system.
  - Zren 6y ago
    Did you install the KDE portal and restart the portal process? When I initially tested it the gtk portal was installed so it used that. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGHnVF_WWls https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGHnVF_WWls
  - proactivesvcs 6y ago
    I just set this up today and found that one also must install the xdg-desktop-portal and xdg-desktop-portal-kde packages. I then added GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 to .profile and relogged.
LeoPanthera 6y ago
This is one of the reasons why I wish Falkon had more active development. Having a fully KDE native browser is so nice.

nisa 6y ago

> Firefox on KDE uses the GTK filepicker. No thumbnails. Not true. Firefox on current Arch/Plasma works fine with the KDE filepicker.

johnchristopher 6y ago
It's completely true on Kubuntu 18.04. Ah ! now that I think about it I remembered a little trick https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100261/how-do-i-make-firefox-64-use-the-kde-file-selection-dialog https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100261/how-do-i-make-firefo... Have to try it again.
- ognarb 6y ago
  Kubuntu 18.04 is a bit too old, if I remember correctly this was implemented only recently.
  - johnchristopher 6y ago
    I remember doing that last year, or even the year before. Anyway, a distro released in 2018 and still supported until 2023 and 2028 for extender support can't be "a bit too old" for something like the file picker. I mean, people were making fun of me when I told them I was using that ubuntu distro that had no mp3 support by default but it was 15 years ago.

heavyset_go 6y ago

> Firefox on KDE uses the GTK filepicker. No thumbnails. Not if you set the GTK_USE_PORTAL environment variable. $ GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 firefox The above will make Firefox use the KDE filepicker.

corty 6y ago
So they say. But I could never get that to work, with KDE/Plasma the dialog just never shows up.
- heavyset_go 6y ago
  An AppArmor rule used to prevent it from working on my system.
- Zren 6y ago
  Did you install the KDE portal and restart the portal process? When I initially tested it the gtk portal was installed so it used that. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGHnVF_WWls https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGHnVF_WWls
- proactivesvcs 6y ago
  I just set this up today and found that one also must install the xdg-desktop-portal and xdg-desktop-portal-kde packages. I then added GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 to .profile and relogged.

LeoPanthera 6y ago

This is one of the reasons why I wish Falkon had more active development. Having a fully KDE native browser is so nice.