where does firefox running on kubuntu get the recently used list in it's file picker

[Jason Paul Joines]

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Subject: where does firefox running on kubuntu get the recently used
list in it's file picker
From: Jason Paul Joines <jason at joines.org>
To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: 2012.10.21.Sun.23:07:01
>     I'm using Kubuntu 12.04.1 and Firefox 16.0.1
> (16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1).  The problem I'm having is actually
> with Zotero Standalone 3.0.8.  When attaching a file to a Zotero library
> item, it brings up the exact same file picker as that used by Firefox to
> open a file.  In Firefox, the dialog defaults to the last directory I
> opened a file from.  However, in Zotero it defaults to a list of
> "Recently Used" files which is causing me about 100 annoying extra
> clicks per day.
>
>     I discovered that Zotero uses the same file picker as Firefox,
> http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/25837/attach-link-to-file-file-picker,
> it's just not defaulting to the last used directory.  The file picker is
> not the native Firefox picker.  If I set the Firefox preference
> ui.allow_platform_file_picker = false, a completely different file
> picker is used by Firefox.
>
>     So it seems Zotero ss getting this particular file picker from
> Kubuntu just like Firefox and it seems I need to know how it does this
> in order to figure out how to fix the problem.  Any idea how Firefox
> gets this file picker from Kubuntu?
>
>
> Jason
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    OK, so when either Firefox or Zotero uses the platform file picker
in Kubuntu, they are actually using the GTK FileChooser.  Firefox just
somehow overrides default selection of "recently used" and picks the
last used directory.  I've been able to hard code a Zotero build to
default to a specified directory but not to the last used directory.


Jason
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