Firefox 64 can use the KDE file selection dialog

[chimak111]

Firefox v64 can now use the KDE file selection dialog when run with GTK_USE_PORTAL=1

But it's still a work in progress: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comme...leased/ebmfssg

[chimak111]

As mentioned in https://pointieststick.wordpress.com...ivity-part-49/, all we have to do is to edit ~/.profile to include export GTK_USE_PORTAL=1.

[chimak111]

Wrinkles being ironed out: https://phabricator.kde.org/T10189

[Snowhog]

Will this 'change' ultimately be backported to all currently supported releases of Kubuntu?

[acheron]

Will this 'change' ultimately be backported to all currently supported releases of Kubuntu?

I am not sure. I suspect it depends greatly on whether the xdg-desktop-portal-* is new enough in those releases, and/or fixes required for this to work are also backportable.

This is also not any form of bugfix. It's just a wishlist item, so could be hard to justify under Stable Release Update policy.

[chimak111]

But what about KDE neon? Will its users get the fix? As it is, I'm using the KDE file chooser with Firefox in KDE neon despite its current limitations related to file saving and defaulting to the root folder.

[acheron]

But what about KDE neon? Will its users get the fix? As it is, I'm using the KDE file chooser with Firefox in KDE neon despite its current limitations related to file saving and defaulting to the root folder.

The fixes in xdg-desktop-portal-kde will be in plasma 5.14.5 out on 8th Jan, so Neon will get those then or thereabouts.

[chimak111]

That's great. Thanks to all who pushed this through!

[chimak111]

Oops!

https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2018/12/3...el.html#t14:26