From 7cfecf4b1b9b8c11c80061fb31926f888228499d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Zhao Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:37:00 -0400 Subject: 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 --------- Co-authored-by: Ivan Molodetskikh --- wiki/Important-Software.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) 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). -- cgit