KDE file dialogs in Thunderbird and Firefox

Hi all,

it seems like Thunderbird and Firefox use GTK dialogs for opening and 
saving files by default. To make them use native KDE dialogs the 
environment variable GTK_USE_PORTAL must be set to 1. One way to do that 
is to edit the .desktop files for the applications [1].

Alternatively, the line

export GTK_USE_PORTAL=1

can be added in ~/.profile or even globally under /etc/profile.d/.

Would it make sense to add the global export in a package (e.g., a 
branding package)? This should make Firefox and Thunderbird use the KDE 
file dialogs by default for most users. Or would that have any unwanted 
side effects?

Best,
Tom

[1] 
https://pointieststick.com/2018/12/16/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-49/
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