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xfce-amateur

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Registered: 2021-06-23

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unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

When using the 'Enter name of file to save to' dialog when choosing where to save a file (e.g. when using a browser to download something), the pre-filled filename sometimes spontaneously switches to the name of another, existing file. This only seems to happen when I first click the button in the dialog that allows me to create a new folder.

So, say the pre-filled filename is downloadme.pdf, and the dialog is showing the contents of /some/path, which includes a file named existingfile.pdf.

I click on the create folder button and enter a new folder name, e.g. 'subfolder'.

Now the dialog shows the contents (currently empty) of /some/path/subfolder, which is as expected, but the pre-filled filename is now existingfile.pdf, whereas I expect it to still be downloadme.pdf.

Has anyone else seen this?

If this is likely a bug, where should I report it? https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop? https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar? Somewhere else?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

Which browser are you using? It's probably using something like GtkFileChooser.

Also, are you using a desktop-portal, it may be configured to use another file chooser.

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xfce-amateur

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Re: unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

I'm using Firefox.

I see that xdg-desktop-portal is installed on my system, but the service doesn't appear to be active:

~ $ dpkg --listfiles xdg-desktop-portal | head
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/systemd
/usr/lib/systemd/user
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal-rewrite-launchers.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-desktop-portal.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-document-portal.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/xdg-permission-store.service
/usr/libexec
~ $ systemctl list-units | grep xdg
~ [0|1] $ 

ToZ

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Re: unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

Firefox uses GtkFileChooser by default - which is a GTK component. Do you have a "~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf" file? If so, what are its contents?

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xfce-amateur

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Re: unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

Thanks for the continued interest in this issue!

But no, no such file.

/m/h/m/.config $ find -L -iname "*xdg*"
./calibre/xdg_open_with.json
./MX-Linux/xdg_check
/m/h/m/.config $ 

ToZ

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Re: unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

Then in all likelihood, its GtkFileChooser, a part of GTK.

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xfce-amateur

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Re: unexpected filename change in 'save to' dialog

Ok, thanks a lot. I'll try the Gtk people.