xdg-desktop-portal-tde

What is this?

This is an implementation of the FreeDesktop Portals API.

This implementation exposes TDE APIs to applications which use the Portals API. As a result, these applications can transparently use native APIs and dialogs.

Read more about the portals API on its official website.

How do I use this?

Before using this, make sure you have the xdg-desktop-portal package installed and running on your system.

Some applications respect the GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 and GDK_DEBUG=portals environment variables (most GTK applications and some Chromium-based browsers, e.g. Vivaldi).

To make Firefox use the Portals API, go to about:config, search for options that start with "widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal" and, if they are set to 2, set them to 1.

State of implementation

Currently implemented are the following interfaces:

• Account - request user information (user ID, full name, user icon)
• Email - request to send an e-mail via the system e-mail client
• FileChooser - request a file dialog

The following implementations are planned (listed in no particular order):

• Screenshot - request a screenshot
• App Chooser - show a "Open with..." dialog for a file
• Clipboard - request clipboard access (*)
• OpenURI - request to open a URL
• Secret - integration with TDEWallet
• Access - show a grant access dialog
• Wallpaper - request to change the user's wallpaper
• Print - request a file to be printed

(*) Needs Session interface implementation

Additionaly, it must be noted that the implementation does not currently support the Documents portal API (and therefore sandboxed applications).