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gtk+3.0 package

  1. Trusty (14.04)
  2. Bug #1714518
  3. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1714518

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Colin Leroy-Mira (colin-colino) wrote : Re: GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE network shares in file chooser

I would also add that even though asking for GTK3 applications like Chromium, Firefox, Thunderbird to call gtk_file_chooser_set_local_only(FALSE) seems like an easy fix, it is not:

when such applications then call for gtk_file_chooser_get_filename() (and _get_filenames), they could end up with NULL for remote files that are not fuse-mounted.

Similarly, gtk_file_chooser_get_uri() (and _get_uris) behaves differently when local-only is set or not. With local-only set, _get_uri() returns a native file:/// path, without it returns a normal uri (smb:// ...)

My understanding of the "show FUSE mounts in local-only mode" is that it helps numerous applications easily handle I/O with remote volumes without having to use GIO everywhere.