GTK dialogs, move buttons from header

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I’m new to KDE, coming from XFCE. I’m trying to move the dialog buttons in GTK apps (eg Firefox) from the header back down to the bottom. I was never able to get used to the top placement. Here is what I am seeing:

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When I was using XFCE previously, I used the xfconf utility to set Gtk/DialogsUseHeader to false (DialogsUseHeader documentation). This has the effect I am wanting.

Of course, xfconf is not available on KDE. From what I can tell, the only way to change such settings is by editing ~/.config/xsettingsd/xsettingsd.conf. I added this line to the bottom of that file:

Gtk/DialogsUseHeader 0

Then I ran:

systemctl --user restart xsettingsd.service

However, I don’t see the change taking effect. I’ve also tried logging out and in, and rebooting. So my question is:

  • How can I change the xsettings and have them take effect.
  • Or if xsettings is not the right way to do this, how can I set DialogsUseHeader to false?

Thanks!

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The best solution is to use portals

about:config in firefox.

set widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker to 1

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I ended up going the portal route. I did it through environmental variables instead. I created ~/.config/environment.d/gtk_portal.conf and put GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 in it.

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This is for sure the cleanest solution and has a good side effect.

You can mark your or my answer as solution :smiley:

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That is unnecessary and won’t have any effect. GTK automatically uses portals when inside the flatpak sandbox.

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Okay it may have been apps actively not respecting that then.