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qx4vv9a

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Registered: 2019-08-12

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xfce 4.16 - 'Open...' and 'Save As...' windows are too big

hi, not all apps remember custom size of 'Open...' and 'Save As...' windows/dialogs.
these windows don't match the screen resolution and are cropped at the bottom.

how to override default window size of 'Open...' and 'Save As...' systemwide?

Thanks,
Tim

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Re: xfce 4.16 - 'Open...' and 'Save As...' windows are too big

You can set the size via something like:

gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser window-size '(800,600)'

...but this is on a per-user basis. To make it default system wide, you could try adjusting the values in the org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser.gschema.xml file (on Arch this is located at /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas) but this will only affect new user accounts that are created. The one problem you might run into is that some applications may change this size themselves.

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qx4vv9a

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Registered: 2019-08-12

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Re: xfce 4.16 - 'Open...' and 'Save As...' windows are too big

thank you very much, the gsettings set... works well.
the image above shows a firejailed browser and i think firejail is not able to read some config files due to path restrictions and uses
a fallback window size larger than the screen. i'll try a window manager app to resize it.