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#1 2023-01-05 21:05:54

andav
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[SOLVED] problem with file picker on GNOME for almost a year now

i'm using google chrome.
this one:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/google-chrome

when i'm into a site where i can upload file (for example in gmail or in a web chat) i almost all the last year get this file picker:
https://i.imgur.com/UkeDjta.png

but what i want to get is this one:
https://i.imgur.com/9XnalKq.png

the later save my last folder i used and also have file preview.
but as i said, almost all the last year i get the first file picker here that don't have image preview nor remember my last folder.
i said almost all the last year becuase in the last day or two (till today) i suddenly got the "good" file picker but today it get back into the "not good" one.
and this behaviour happened in the last year sometimes but always get back into the "not good" file picker (till the next time it come back into the "good" file picker, for a small period of time).

i can say that in telegram desktop it always using the later file picker (the good one) so i think the problem is with google chrome.
but i don't know how to solve this issue.
can i tell google chrome to always give my the later file picker instead of the first one here?
how?

Last edited by andav (2023-01-05 22:27:09)

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#2 2023-01-05 21:37:42

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] problem with file picker on GNOME for almost a year now

pacman -Qs 'flatpak|portal'

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#3 2023-01-05 21:41:47

andav
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Re: [SOLVED] problem with file picker on GNOME for almost a year now

seth wrote:
pacman -Qs 'flatpak|portal'
pacman -Qs 'flatpak|portal'
local/flatpak 1:1.15.1-1
    Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework (formerly xdg-app)
local/libportal 0.6-1
    GIO-style async APIs for most Flatpak portals
local/libportal-gtk3 0.6-1
    GIO-style async APIs for most Flatpak portals - GTK 3 backend
local/libportal-gtk4 0.6-1
    GIO-style async APIs for most Flatpak portals - GTK 4 backend
local/xdg-desktop-portal 1.16.0-1
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps
local/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 43.1-1
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal for the GNOME desktop environment
local/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 1.14.1-1
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK

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#4 2023-01-05 22:03:56

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] problem with file picker on GNOME for almost a year now

It's probably one of the xdg-desktop-portal implementations - can you get rid of flatpak and xdg-portal for at least a quick check whether it's the interference?

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#5 2023-01-05 22:26:48

andav
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Re: [SOLVED] problem with file picker on GNOME for almost a year now

seth wrote:

It's probably one of the xdg-desktop-portal implementations - can you get rid of flatpak and xdg-portal for at least a quick check whether it's the interference?

i think it is solved.
i did:

pacman -Rcs flatpak

which removed also all the xdg-desktop-portal-... packages.
and after restart i get what i wanted (the good file picker).
thank you very much!

(i didn't even know i had flatpak installed. i don't use this "package manager")

Last edited by andav (2023-01-05 22:33:19)

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