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0017067ScribusUser Interfacepublic2023-12-03 15:37
Reporterguiodic Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0017067: Use Desktop Environment file picker
DescriptionScribus (all versions) uses the QT file picker.
It would be great if it used the platform one.
Especially on Linux (which I use) it should be easy through portals.
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pmjdebruijn

2023-12-03 12:02

reporter   ~0050548

While I do understand the principle, I'm not sure whether this is actually a good idea.

For example showing the GTK filepicker in Scribus, could present the user with really jarring theming differences, to the point where some users might actually be confused about whether a different application is actually presenting the filepicker instead of Scribus.

guiodic

2023-12-03 12:29

reporter   ~0050549

"For example showing the GTK filepicker in Scribus, could present the user with really jarring theming differences"

Not really. For example, using GNOME the Scribus theme will be Adwaita-QT and the file picker will be a GTK window with the Adwaita-GTK theme.

pmjdebruijn

2023-12-03 13:20

reporter   ~0050552

That's just one desktop environment and theme combination specifically.

cbradney

2023-12-03 13:36

administrator   ~0050554

We add functionality, like preview, to file dialogs so unfotunately this would lose functionality.

guiodic

2023-12-03 13:58

reporter   ~0050555

"We add functionality, like preview, to file dialogs so unfotunately this would lose functionality."

Both KDE and GTK have previews, I presume Windows and Mac have at least thumbnails.

jghali

2023-12-03 14:04

administrator   ~0050556

>> Both KDE and GTK have previews, I presume Windows and Mac have at least thumbnails.

We do not add only previews. There are also additional checkbox options in a number of dialogs we could not add if using a native file dialog.

guiodic

2023-12-03 14:41

reporter   ~0050557

This is true for Text import, but otherwise everything seems to me to be all standard.

jghali

2023-12-03 15:37

administrator   ~0050565

Nope, at least Save As, Save As Template and Collect for Output also have specific options.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2023-12-02 18:18 guiodic New Issue
2023-12-03 12:02 pmjdebruijn Note Added: 0050548
2023-12-03 12:29 guiodic Note Added: 0050549
2023-12-03 13:20 pmjdebruijn Note Added: 0050552
2023-12-03 13:36 cbradney Note Added: 0050554
2023-12-03 13:58 guiodic Note Added: 0050555
2023-12-03 14:04 jghali Note Added: 0050556
2023-12-03 14:41 guiodic Note Added: 0050557
2023-12-03 15:37 jghali Note Added: 0050565