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Use Native File Chooser in Firefox

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Set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker to 1
Optionally: Set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.location to 1
Optionally: Set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.mime-handler to 1

Use Native File Chooser in Thunderbird

Open Thunderbird Settings
Under General, scroll down and click on "Config Editor..."
Set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker to 1
Optionally: Set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.location to 1
Optionally: Set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.mime-handler to 1

Source: https://thomjiji.github.io/blogs/2023/12/use-native-file-picker-on-kde/

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