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| author | Gavin Zhao <gavinzhaojw@protonmail.com> | 2025-03-26 15:37:00 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2025-03-26 12:37:00 -0700 |
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wiki: Mention file chooser dependency and settings for portals (#1344)
* wiki: Mention file chooser dependency and settings for portals
* Update wiki/Important-Software.md
Co-authored-by: Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>
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Co-authored-by: Ivan Molodetskikh <yalterz@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/wiki/Important-Software.md b/wiki/Important-Software.md index dda46098..c95a577d 100644 --- a/wiki/Important-Software.md +++ b/wiki/Important-Software.md @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Since we're using `xdg-desktop-portal-gnome`, Flatpak apps will read the GNOME U dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/interface/color-scheme '"prefer-dark"' ``` +Note that if you're using the provided `resources/niri-portals.conf`, you also need to install the `nautilus` file manager in order for file chooser dialogues to work properly. This is necessary because xdg-desktop-portal-gnome uses nautilus as the file chooser by default starting from version 47.0. + +If you do not want to install `natuilus` (say you use `nemo` instead), you can set `org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser=gtk;` in `niri-portals.conf` to use the GTK portal for file chooser dialogues. + ### Authentication Agent Required when apps need to ask for root permissions. Something like `plasma-polkit-agent` works fine. Start it [with systemd](./Example-systemd-Setup.md) or with [`spawn-at-startup`](./Configuration:-Miscellaneous.md#spawn-at-startup). |