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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.
- GTK+3/4 applications: environment variables
GDK_DEBUG=portals
orGTK_USE_PORTAL=1
; - Chromium-based browsers: see GTK+ applications
- Mozilla Firefox: In about:config set
widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker
to 1 (also check out any options that start with widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.* to enable more portals). - Pale Moon: [https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?t=22985]
- Qt applications: unknown
WARNING! Some Gtk+ applications don't respect the GTK_USE_PORTAL=1
and GDK_DEBUG=portals
environment variables (e.g. Inkscape).
State of the implementation
Currently implemented are the following interfaces (listed in alphabetical order):
- 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 considered (listed in alphabetical order):
- Access - show a grant access dialog
- App Chooser - show a "Open with..." dialog for a file
- Clipboard - request clipboard access (*)
- Notification - show a notification
- Print - request a file to be printed
- Screenshot - request a screenshot
- Secret - integration with TDEWallet
- Wallpaper - request to change the user's wallpaper
(*) Needs Session interface implementation
Additionally, it must be noted that the implementation does not currently support the Documents portal API (and therefore sandboxed applications).