File attachments starting to become annoying!

[joeyjonnson (Joey Dell D5420 F41WSGnome)]

Does anyone know why it seems kinda completely random whether attaching/dragging/pasting files works or not?

I have seen it in Signal and other places, example today, quite a few times I have wanted to send an image to someone in Signal Desktop.

Earlier today I used copy/paste (going to the file in Files, right click copy, or ctrl c), then back to chat and ctrl-v - nicely dropped image in, hit enter, gone.

I also dragged and dropped from Files window into the Signal chat window, and it worked.

But just now, both methods don’t work, it just spins in Signal like it’s trying to attach a file and then gives an error (can’t remember exactly what it said but something like ‘unable to attach image’).

I have no clue why it seems so random, that’s the annoying part, as if it just never worked I’d probably develop new habits!

Interested to hear if anyone else experiences this

[grumpey (Joe)]

Drag/drop image on flatpak browser / Comfyui not working

So I believe, that in the flatpaks of the browser, they would need access to the entire /home to have the ability to drag and drop from anywhere. They come configured to use ~/Downloads by default which is why it works from there. You would need to loosen the permissions for it to work, or use the .rpm of those applications. I have not tested this btw Edit: I forgot to include the screenshot with the Download permissions Here is an example of Flatseal handling permissions to the Flatpak Libr…

[joeyjonnson (Joey Dell D5420 F41WSGnome)]

Thanks, but I am already (painfully!) aware of that point, that sandboxed apps have trouble ‘seeing’ certain other parts of the system/OS.

This is not relevant. It works sometimes, but not others, so it must have the ‘access’ it requires and therefore I assumed something else must be causing it. I just wondered if others had experienced the inconsistency and could make any suggestions.

[hamrheadcorvette (hammerhead corvette)]

I think what Joe was trying to imply is that you could enable that visibility if you need it by adding the directory to the permissions list.

[joeyjonnson (Joey Dell D5420 F41WSGnome)]

I’m really confused. Signal currently has all the visibility it needs. If I click the file attach icon, I can find what i need and attach to a chat any time, that always works fine. but if i try to drag from Files app windows, into the Signal chat, for example to send an image to someone, it works half the time, and refuses half the time.

I thought the suggestion was that it’s a ‘flatpak sandboxing thing’, which I can’t see being the case since Signal has access to my files if I click to open the file browser inside Signal.

That said, this is all above my pay grade so I am probably way off the mark and missing something important you were trying to show me!

[hamrheadcorvette (hammerhead corvette)]

@joeyjonnson

I’m really confused. Signal currently has all the visibility it needs. If I click the file attach icon, I can find what i need and attach to a chat any time, that always works fine. but if i try to drag from Files app windows, into the Signal chat, for example to send an image to someone, it works half the time, and refuses half the time.

I thought the suggestion was that it’s a ‘flatpak sandboxing thing’, which I can’t see being the case since Signal has access to my files if I click to open the file browser inside Signal.

The problem is not you, but the way the underlying system works at the moment. It’s just the nature of the beast until it all comes together some time in the future.

[joeyjonnson (Joey Dell D5420 F41WSGnome)]

Aah, now that I understand fully! Thanks very much, that’s all I need to know