Re: KDE file dialogs in Thunderbird and Firefox

* Carlos E. R. <[email protected]> [07-17-20 16:39]:
> On 17/07/2020 22.07, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Carlos E. R. <[email protected]> [07-17-20 14:14]:
> > > On 10/07/2020 08.26, Tom wrote:
> > > > 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?
> > > 
> > > What about the people that are not using a KDE desktop?
> > 
> > they are not in opensuse-kde, with one exception.
> 
> Which is precisely why I posted the question.

then the question makes no sense to me ????

<quote>
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].
</quote>

does not mean that KDE dialogues are imposed on those not using
kde/plasma5.


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