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gojira

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Registered: 2012-11-20

Posts: 20

Group directories in file opening dialog

Using Chromium under Xubuntu 20.04.

Is it possible to group directories in the file open / file saving dialog of Chromium first?

I.e. I want all the dirs grouped, and then the files.

Right now they are just all mixed.

Applies to many other programs file open/save dialog too.

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Group directories in file opening dialog

That is a gtk setting. First close Chromium and then run:

gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true

Directories will then be sorted first.

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gojira

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Registered: 2012-11-20

Posts: 20

Re: Group directories in file opening dialog

That is a gtk setting. First close Chromium and then run:

gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true

Directories will then be sorted first.

Thasnks ToZ! Is this something I should ideally do in my .bashrc, or I set it once and it will persist after reboot?

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Group directories in file opening dialog

Set it once and it should persist.

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