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I use KDE Plasma 5.19.5 (Kubuntu 20.10) Chromium Version 89.0.4389.114 (Official Build) snap (64-bit) Dolphin is my default File manager and I customised its favourites and use single click to open files and directories.

The issue I have (and I spent many hours looking for an answer) is that when I save anything from Chromium, it saves using a "Save File" window that forces me to double click, shows files and folders in mixed up in alphabetical order and no favourites. enter image description here

I have no idea as to what File Manager Chromium insists on using and I would like to force it to use Dolphin.

Can anyone please show me or point me to a solution?

EDIT: @Archisman I followed your instructions by here askubuntu.com/a/1206153/124466 and it all worked well, however even though the first instruction was to uninstall the existing version of Chromium, I now have two Chromiums one Snap and one Deb. The Deb one invokes Dolphin when saving or printing to PDF, so it solved my problem, however I now would like to remove the Snap version without damaging the Dep ones.... Could you please tell me how to do it safely? enter image description here

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  • It is strange indeed that you are getting what looks like a GTK3 file dialog rather than a QT dialog. That you see your file manager there, is a misconception. These file dialog are widgets defined by the toolkit used, typically GTK (Gnome, XFCe, LXDE etc. ) or Qt (Plasma, LXQt). Would be more consistent if QT dialog was used for you: this is probably defined by how the Snap is packaged.
    – vanadium
    Apr 1, 2021 at 8:16
  • @vanadium Most GTK apps show a GTK file dialog in KDE. By default, Firefox and Libreoffice do that too, but their behavior can be changed with appropriate plugins. Apr 1, 2021 at 16:34

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Install plasma-browser-integration

sudo apt install plasma-browser-integration

Then install the plasma integration extension, and restart Chromium.

enter image description here

Image: Qt file manager widget in action in Kubuntu 20.04, with all bookmarked folders.


I have verified that this answer works for apt version of chromium and also firefox (the same plasma-browser-integration package and the same Plasma Integration add on). OP reported that it does not work with the snap version of Chromium, which Ubuntu ships. One can either can install chromium without snap instead, or open a bug at Launchpad to let the Ubuntu's chromium packaging team know about this.

To remove the snap version of chromium, enter the command sudo snap remove chromium.

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  • Thank you for your reply!
    – Spiv
    Apr 4, 2021 at 7:01
  • @Spiv You can mark the answer as accepted, if it works for you. See meta.stackexchange.com/a/5235/281134 Apr 4, 2021 at 8:34
  • I wrote a long comment before, but only the first line got posted??... Anyway, terminal told me that the my ;plasma browser integration' was already the latest version. Subsequently, I added the 'Plasma Browser' Extension to my Chromium, turned it on and of, but no joy. Rebooted twice, still no joy. Saving opens a 'Save file' windows that doesn't follows any of my Dolphins settings and actually doesn't show my HDD on the left side panels either.... I am at a loss on what to try next. BTW, I installed Chromium with 'sudo apt install -y chromium-browser' .
    – Spiv
    Apr 4, 2021 at 13:07
  • @Spiv Ubuntu ships a snap version of chromium even when one installs it with APT. The workaround is to use the debian version of Chromium using apt. See askubuntu.com/a/1206153/124466 I am using this debian package of chromium, and it uses the correct (dolphin like) file manager (as can be seen in the screenshot). Apr 4, 2021 at 13:26
  • it worked thanks, but see my question edit above please. I have 2 Chromiums... BTW, the Deb version uses KDialog to save, that shows files same as Dolphin.
    – Spiv
    Apr 5, 2021 at 13:07

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