Software not using Dolphin open/save file picker - Revision history

Theleruby at 15:10, 13 February 2026

2026-02-13T15:10:07Z

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	GTK_USE_PORTAL=1		GTK_USE_PORTAL=1
	~~GTK_DEBUG=portals~~
	XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE		XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE

Theleruby at 18:09, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T18:09:28Z

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	For other software, ~~it's necessary to install the rpm, because these~~ don't use portals and instead directly call the desktop environment's window methods, which hasn't been included in the flatpak. This impacts libreoffice and possibly others. ~~Installing~~ the rpm for those packages ~~makes~~ them use the KDE picker.		For other software, they don't use portals and instead directly call the desktop environment's window methods, which hasn't been included in the flatpak. This impacts libreoffice and possibly others. You can layer the rpm for those packages with rpm-ostree in order to make them use the KDE picker.

	For yet other programs (e.g. audacity and filezilla) they still display the gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm. Most likely these programs don't support using portals for the file picker and also don't support the desktop environment directly either. I have no solution for these yet.		For yet other programs (e.g. audacity and filezilla) they still display the gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm. Most likely these programs don't support using portals for the file picker and also don't support the desktop environment directly either. I have no solution for these yet.

Theleruby at 18:08, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T18:08:57Z

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	For other software, it's necessary to install the rpm, because these don't use portals and instead directly call the desktop environment's window methods, which hasn't been included in the flatpak. This impacts libreoffice and possibly others.		For other software, it's necessary to install the rpm, because these don't use portals and instead directly call the desktop environment's window methods, which hasn't been included in the flatpak. This impacts libreoffice and possibly others. Installing the rpm for those packages makes them use the KDE picker.

	For yet other programs (e.g. audacity and filezilla) they still display the gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm. Most likely these programs don't support using portals for the file picker and also don't support the desktop environment directly either. I have no solution for these yet.		For yet other programs (e.g. audacity and filezilla) they still display the gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm. Most likely these programs don't support using portals for the file picker and also don't support the desktop environment directly either. I have no solution for these yet.

Theleruby at 18:08, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T18:08:20Z

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	~~This seems to work for some software~~, but ~~not all~~:		Some programs use gtk file picker rather than calling the KDE/Dolphin file picker.

			A subset of these programs will use gtk portals automatically, which results in the gtk file picker being replaced with the KDE picker.

			Some support it but won't use it automatically, and it has to be forced with the following env vars:
	sudo vim /etc/environment		sudo vim /etc/environment

Theleruby at 18:05, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T18:05:32Z

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	This seems to work for some ~~programs (some flatpaks~~ but not all)		This seems to work for some software, but not all:
	sudo vim /etc/environment		sudo vim /etc/environment

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	XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE		XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE

	For other ~~programs layering them with~~ rpm~~-ostree works (e.g~~. libreoffice). ~~This doesn't work with every program either~~ (e.g. audacity and filezilla still display gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm~~, most~~ likely ~~they~~ don't support using ~~portal~~ for file picker)		For other software, it's necessary to install the rpm, because these don't use portals and instead directly call the desktop environment's window methods, which hasn't been included in the flatpak. This impacts libreoffice and possibly others.

			For yet other programs (e.g. audacity and filezilla) they still display the gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm. Most likely these programs don't support using portals for the file picker and also don't support the desktop environment directly either. I have no solution for these yet.

Theleruby at 18:01, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T18:01:42Z

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	For other programs layering them with rpm-ostree works (e.g. libreoffice). This doesn't work with every program either (e.g. audacity and filezilla still display gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm)		For other programs layering them with rpm-ostree works (e.g. libreoffice). This doesn't work with every program either (e.g. audacity and filezilla still display gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm, most likely they don't support using portal for file picker)

Theleruby: Created page with "This seems to work for some programs (some flatpaks but not all) sudo vim /etc/environment GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 GTK_DEBUG=portals XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE For other programs layering them with rpm-ostree works (e.g. libreoffice). This doesn't work with every program either (e.g. audacity and filezilla still display gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm)"

2026-02-08T17:23:31Z

Created page with "This seems to work for some programs (some flatpaks but not all) sudo vim /etc/environment GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 GTK_DEBUG=portals XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE For other programs layering them with rpm-ostree works (e.g. libreoffice). This doesn't work with every program either (e.g. audacity and filezilla still display gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm)"

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This seems to work for some programs (some flatpaks but not all)
sudo vim /etc/environment

GTK_USE_PORTAL=1
GTK_DEBUG=portals
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE

For other programs layering them with rpm-ostree works (e.g. libreoffice). This doesn't work with every program either (e.g. audacity and filezilla still display gtk file dialog even when installing the rpm)