This is an implementation of the FreeDesktop Portals API.
THIS IS AN EARLY PROTOTYPE. USE WITH CARE.
This implementation exposes TDE APIs to applications which use the Portals API. As a result, these applications can transparently use native APIs and dialogs.
Read more about the portals API on its official website.
Before using this, make sure you have the xdg-desktop-portal package installed and running on your system.
To make Firefox use the Portals API, go to about:config, search for options that start with "widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal" and,
if they are set to 2, set them to 1.
Currently implemented are the following interfaces:
- FileChooser - request a file dialog
The following implementations are planned (listed in no particular order):
- Screenshot - request a screenshot
- App Chooser - show a "Open with..." dialog for a file
- Clipboard - request clipboard access (*)
- Email - request to send an e-mail via the system e-mail client
- OpenURI - request to open a URL
- Secret - integration with TDEWallet
- Account - request user information (username, full name, user icon)
- Access - show a grant access dialog
- Wallpaper - request to change the user's wallpaper
- Print - request a file to be printed
(*) Needs Session interface implementation
Additionaly, it must be noted that the implementation does not currently support the Documents portal API (and therefore sandboxed applications).