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lgj100
Hi,
In the Control Centre, under Preferred Applications, I have defined desktop-defaults-follow-fm.desktop as my default File Manager and this makes Rox-Filer my preferred file manager. All this is working fine. I have included my preferred bookmarks/shortcuts in the Rox Filer. However when in my browser I try to save something, like an image or a file, a “Save File” window comes up from where I can select the folder where to save the image or file. But this “Save File” window doesn’t have the bookmarks from the Rox-filer – instead it has bookmarks from the Thunar file manager. Why is this? It should have the bookmarks of my preferred file manager, right?
Sincerely,
Lars.- This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by lgj100.
- This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by lgj100.
Xecure
I think no matter what file manager you set as default, the “Save As” window uses its own thing. Maybe it reads some xdg options which thunar also respects, but Rox uses a much simpler bookmark method that only works internally (only for Rox).
Is it any different when you use different File managers as default? Is the interface different?antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.How do I add shortcuts to the “Save As” window, then? -Lars.
BobC
I think the browser is controlling what your Save As options are. The default directory is under Preferences. You need to scroll down to see it.
In my Firefox-ESR I can either select a particular folder or have t ask. If I tell it to ask, it defaults to Downloads and shows that folder and subfolders under it, and a few more specific folders over to the left. I didn’t see a way to change that list, but you might investigate that if you really want the ability to change it.
ModdIt
You can set in Firefox Browser settings, as BobC says, choices are limited.
Other browsers are even more limiting. as the browser is safer without even more controll over your computer
it is safer not to just let it open other applications or remotely change settings other than its own.
Yes Moz can do that…You might be able to find a setting in about:config, possibly have a chance to controll with enterprise
policy generator. never tried that for set a default save to.While going through about:config you might like to remove/disable the features Mozilla is using to track you,
as far as possible that is. Plenty of info over at GHacks and some in browser thread here in forum.PPC
I agree with Xecure and Moddit- the “save” window that a web browser displays has nothing to do with the default file manager… Some applications offer their own “save” window, most rely on what is offered by default by the OS, as far as I know, firefox uses the system default “save” window (probably some GTK thingy), that always displays the same “shortcuts”.
So there 3 ways you can solve this:
– config firefox to always ask where to save files, and manually select the destination each time, using the default “save” menu
– config firefox to always download to a specific folder, and then, using your default file manager (I recommend Spacefm/zzzfm, but many users do love rox-filer), organize your downloads after the fact, moving the files around as you please.
– search for a browser plug-in that allows you to use a particular “save” window- I’m not sure that exists—In an OS that uses a Desktop Environment (like Gnome, Kde, etc) there may be a way to specify a costume “save” window, but antiX does not really use a Desktop Environment, but Window Managers, very carefully configured with several external applications (like file managers, wallpaper managers, log in managers, exit scripts, etc) to give this great basic but very “polished” interface that users get, where mostly everything fits together perfectly…
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- This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by PPC.
Xecure
The user is talking about the favorites (or bookmarks) on the left pane when selecting where to save a file:
Probably rox-filer doesn’t follow the freedesktop standard, but other file managers do (not spacefm, unfortunately).
The app that firefox-esr is probably launching (I am just guessing) is GTK filechooser, which will probably reads the “bookmarks from ~/.local/share/gtk-3.0/bookmarks or ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks .The solution I propose to the user is to, next time you select to save a file in firefox, navigate to the folder you want to bookmark, right-clcik on it and select “Add to bookmarks”.
It worked for me, but maybe it is locked because of having the bookmarks set up with a different file manager. You will have to explore- This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Xecure.
antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.@Xecure- very nice! I’m always astonished by the stuff I didn’t know I didn’t know! Thanks for the info, this probably deserves to be in the Tips sticky thread I started… I’m probably redo it when antiX 21 comes out, and include this info!
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