Are there any plans to develop a TDE XDG desktop portal interface?
Hello,
There is already a prototype which supports file dialogs:
https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/blu.256/xdg-desktop-portals-tde
There are a few issues that I know of and it might have broken by the changes in the latest xdg-desktop-portal version but I plan to look into it soon.
-- Philippe M.
-------- Αρχικό Μήνυμα -------- Την 21/5/24 9:07 μ.μ., Darrell Anderson via tde-devels ο/η devels@trinitydesktop.org έγραψε:
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On 5/21/24 1:12 PM, blu.256 via tde-devels wrote:
Hello,
There is already a prototype which supports file dialogs:
https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/blu.256/xdg-desktop-portals-tde
There are a few issues that I know of and it might have broken by the changes in the latest xdg-desktop-portal version but I plan to look into it soon.
Ah, good news.
I use the KDE portal and having KDE file picker dialogs is so comforting to avoid the nightmare of GTK file pickers.
I think the original KDE 3 (and now TDE) file picker is a tad more usable than the current KDE file picker, but GTK file pickers are grounds for torches and pitch forks. :)
Thanks.
On 2024-05-21 13:29:55 Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
On 5/21/24 1:12 PM, blu.256 via tde-devels wrote:
Hello,
There is already a prototype which supports file dialogs:
https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/blu.256/xdg-desktop-portals-t de
There are a few issues that I know of and it might have broken by the changes in the latest xdg-desktop-portal version but I plan to look into it soon.
Ah, good news.
I use the KDE portal and having KDE file picker dialogs is so comforting to avoid the nightmare of GTK file pickers.
I think the original KDE 3 (and now TDE) file picker is a tad more usable than the current KDE file picker, but GTK file pickers are grounds for torches and pitch forks. :)
Thanks.
Is the XDG file picker the thing that pops up that ugly password prompt for privileged commands? KDE3 and Trinity have a nicer one built in: just edit the application icon and in the Application tab, Advanced option, activate Run as a different user without a username (which defaults to root). Some (e.g. Konqueror - File Manager - Super User Mode) already have it set. See attachments.
Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.5 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.2 tde-config: 1.0
On 5/21/24 6:28 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels wrote:
Is the XDG file picker the thing that pops up that ugly password prompt for privileged commands? KDE3 and Trinity have a nicer one built in: just edit the application icon and in the Application tab, Advanced option, activate Run as a different user without a username (which defaults to root). Some (e.g. Konqueror - File Manager - Super User Mode) already have it set.
By file picker I am referring to the dialog that launches inside software when the user selects the File->Open or File->Save menu options.
Originally the XDG Desktop Portal was designed to accommodate sandboxed environments such as flatpak. The idea grew such that when using a preferred DE but an app is based on a different tool set, the native DE file picker can be used. For example, in KDE I can use a GTK tool such as Firefox, but the KDE file picker appears instead of the GTK file picker.
TDE does not yet have this support but most of the other DEs do. I think even LXQt has support.
Much like Yosemite Same hates that rabbit, I hate the GTK file picker.
On 2024-05-21 18:58:50 Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
On 5/21/24 6:28 PM, J Leslie Turriff via tde-devels wrote:
Is the XDG file picker the thing that pops up that ugly password prompt for privileged commands? KDE3 and Trinity have a nicer one built in: just edit the application icon and in the Application tab, Advanced option, activate Run as a different user without a username (which defaults to root). Some (e.g. Konqueror - File Manager - Super User Mode) already have it set.
By file picker I am referring to the dialog that launches inside software when the user selects the File->Open or File->Save menu options.
Oh, okay; I was thinking of something entirely different. :-)
Originally the XDG Desktop Portal was designed to accommodate sandboxed environments such as flatpak. The idea grew such that when using a preferred DE but an app is based on a different tool set, the native DE file picker can be used. For example, in KDE I can use a GTK tool such as Firefox, but the KDE file picker appears instead of the GTK file picker.
TDE does not yet have this support but most of the other DEs do. I think even LXQt has support.
Much like Yosemite Same hates that rabbit, I hate the GTK file picker.
I have to agree with you. I only interact with it via Firefox, but it's so non-intuitive.
Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.5 - x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.1.2 tde-config: 1.0
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