• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d love a setting to change the default file manager. I always install Nemo and configure it to be the default but last I checked, it’s not a simple GUI setting like changing the default browser or email client or whatever. And then you end up with two programs called “Files,” which obviously isn’t ideal.

    Would it be that much of a problem to have what app is “Files” be a simple setting? Maybe it’s way more complicated than one assumes.

    • dieelt@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      My dream is that one day we will be able to assign default applications to the “generic” names in Gnome. Launch “Browser” and open Firefox (or chrome 🤢), Files and open Dolphin, Messages and open Elements etc etc.

      Obviously I can do the same with custom .desktop files but it would be a nice flair to use the settings to just assign applications to those generic names.

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        1 year ago

        Yes and no. The setting affects the file manager, but things like “open/save file” dialogues will still use the Gnome file chooser, which is separate from Nautilus and not easily circumvented.

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Maybe they added this when I wasn’t looking. It’s been awhile since I did a fresh install of a Gnome distro. (I use Fedora for work stuff and I’ve learned over the years to leave my work laptop the fuck alone and distro hop on a personal laptop.)

        • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          It’s still a problem. And then once I finally set thunar as default, Firefox continues to open Nautilus. Removing Nautilus isn’t an option either since it’s a dependencie of something else.

          I really hope choosing a default file manager woll be simple and always working at some point.

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      1 year ago

      Most DEs do include the file manager in the default applications menu. You can also use xdg-mime to set it as the default for inode/directory

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          1 year ago

          Firefox uses xdg-mime or xdg portals, depending on the configuration of the package. If you are using it as a flatpak, it will use portals.

          Apps using portals will use the file picker your portal provides. This will usually be either the GNOME or Plasma file picker. Note that this file picker is separate from your default file manager.

          • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.de
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            1 year ago

            It wasn’t about the file picker but the file manager that opens after clicking the button to open the folder a downloaded file is saved in. It was indeed flatpak firefox iirc.

            It did work at some point but broke again… At the moment it works I believe (at least I didn’t get a call from my mom about the file manager being wrong again).

    • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      On my kids’ pcs the default file manager is nemo and they use gnome, so it is possible