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How do I disable the file type filter in KDE's file picker? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/54871719

When I open a "Save" dialog, or a file selection dialog, only one type of file is shown. Sometimes it even filters by the extensions.

I don't want this! This isn't Windows, where file extensions really matter! How do I disable the filtering, or set it to show "All Files" by default?

The "Save Page" dialog: you'd think there are only 2 files here, both .html files

Nope! There's lots of stuff!

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I know all of that, like I have submitted patches and filed bugs against both gtkfilechooser and kde's file chooser, and all of that you mention stil doesn't take out that the purpose of the save dialog is to save files instead of listing them and OP's request is really odd and can backfire in the future - you'd still want to save HTMLs with their file extension, even in Linux, for a reason.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

    It's not just the save dialog, I mentioned the file selection dialog (for uploading) in the post. The Librewolf "save page as" is just one singular example, not the entire problem!

    "Saving HTML files with their file extension" can still be accomplished if I can see all the files at once. I'm not changing the extension, I just want to see where I'm putting them. There is no reason why viewing all files would prevent me from saving the same file types together.

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