Re: TW gtk4 - file-chooser in Firefox no longer executes when [Enter] is pressed - must mouse click??

Hello,

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  Subject    : TW gtk4 - file-chooser in Firefox no longer executes when [Enter] is pressed - must mouse click??
  Message-ID : <[email protected]>
  Date & Time: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:54:44 -0500

[DCR] == David C Rankin <[email protected]> has written:

DCR>  All,

DCR>  Tumbleweed VERSION="20260623"

DCR>    I thought this was just the zen browser invocation of the gtk4
DCR>    file chooser, but it is also the Firefox package use of it as
DCR>    well. I doubt it is browser related at all and more gtk4 or
DCR>    that abominable xdg-desktop-chooser.

That's rught.

This has been an issue for quite some time, hasn't it?

DCR>    What happens is when I choose to save any file in Firefox or
DCR>  zen, the gtk4 file-chooser is displayed as normal, but after I
DCR>  input the file name and press [Enter] nothing happens. Trying
DCR>  the [Enter] key on the keypad, same result. The dialog is not
DCR>  processing the [Enter] key to execute the save. 

Open "about:config" and set

     "widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker" to 0

that might solve the problem.

Many users were upset because the GNOME developers said this behavior
was intentional. (-_-#

Best Regards.

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