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Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:18:49 No.107002350

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Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:18:49 No.107002350

How do I make thumbnails bigger in file picker?
I use:
-Debian
-Cinnamon (Nemo file manager)
-Firefox
In a regular Nemo window I can change thumbnails size just fine if I am in icon view. But in file picker I cannot switch myself to icon view, it's always in list view. I tried to look for a solution but it seems it's impossible?

> The default GTK3 does not support this, and is a 21 year old bug:
>https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/233
>GTK4 supports it, but it's not been fully implemented across all things yet.
>For many programs that use the xdg-desktop-portal to choose the file picker, such as Firefox, you can try a GTK4 version of the file chooser, which will give you crappy non-customizable previews.. but at least it's better than the GTK3 version:

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:25:05 No.107002385

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:25:05 No.107002385

Use Dolphin instead, it has dynamic thumbnails.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)05:49:44 No.107002499

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)05:49:44 No.107002499

fuck gnome

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)07:12:55 No.107002919

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)07:12:55 No.107002919

>>107002350
>Right click Open With File Manager
>browse by thumbnail
>drag into file picker
unironically the best you'll get without massive tinkertroonin

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)07:58:55 No.107003201

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)07:58:55 No.107003201

>>107002350
Cinnamon's file picker (xdg-desktop-portal-xapp) is known for being trash, just like Gnome's. It can be a bit of a hassle, but if that really bothers you, the best option is to install another portal, like KDE's (xdg-desktop-portal-kde).

I just installed Mint on a fresh machine and noticed xdg-desktop-portal-xapp doesn't even follow Nemo's custom sorting method for each folder and it doesn't allow you to change the sorting method through the portal. It's so fucking ass. Literally the worst file picker in existence. Such a shame because I do like Cinnamon otherwise.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)08:41:08 No.107003441

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)08:41:08 No.107003441

>>107002350
Use windows.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)08:47:10 No.107003469

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)08:47:10 No.107003469

>>107003441
That solution solved my problem, thanks

[SOLVED]

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)08:48:27 No.107003480

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)08:48:27 No.107003480

>>107003441
>>107003469
I'd rather deal with a garbage file picker than W*ndows.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)09:13:48 No.107003658

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)09:13:48 No.107003658

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>>107002350
You can't, gt3k is single handedly keeping the Linux thumbnails meme going after 20 years.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)09:21:57 No.107003711

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)09:21:57 No.107003711

>>107002350
Install KDE

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)09:53:02 No.107003935

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)09:53:02 No.107003935

>>107002350
It's a running joke in the Linux community how bad the GTK portal is. Not much you can do other than install a non-dogshit file chooser.

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)09:54:11 No.107003947

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)09:54:11 No.107003947

>>107003441
/thread

Anonymous
10/25/25(Sat)09:54:28 No.107003949

Anonymous 10/25/25(Sat)09:54:28 No.107003949

>>107002350
use case for bigger thumbnails?

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