How do I change the default file browse thing?

Issues & Assistance
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I don’t know what this is called but it’s frustrating to use periodically given the lack of an ability to insert a path (to the extent of my knowledge)
are there any alternatives I could swap to and if so how.

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=8f73c2ee-4399-4af0-be0f-e16f37bffd55 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    radeon.si_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 radeon.cik_support=0
    amdgpu.cik_support=1 quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3
    vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=f90b7653-d3f7-47fd-9dc1-b22866e431b1 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: i3 v: 4.22 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B450M DS3H WIFI v: -CF
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450M DS3H WIFI-CF v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends LLC. v: F64
    date: 11/07/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701021
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3889 high: 4139 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 4120 2: 3967
    3: 3600 4: 4139 5: 3600 6: 4086 7: 3616 8: 4138 9: 3600 10: 4087 11: 4124
    12: 3600 bogomips: 86240
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel alternate: radeon arch: GCN-2 code: Sea Islands
    process: GF/TSMC 16-28nm built: 2013-17 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DVI-D-1
    empty: DVI-D-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67b1 class-ID: 0300
    temp: 62.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: Picom v: git-b700a driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 952x285mm (37.48x11.22")
    s-diag: 994mm (39.12")
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 pos: left model: Apple Cinema
    serial: <filter> built: 2007 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 99 gamma: 1.2
    size: 433x270mm (17.05x10.63") diag: 510mm (20.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
    max: 1680x1050 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,right
    model: ASUS VG24VQ1B serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
    gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9
    modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.7-arch1.1 renderer: AMD Radeon R9 390 Series
    (hawaii LLVM 16.0.6 DRM 3.54 6.5.3-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Hawaii HDMI Audio [Radeon R9 290/290X / 390/390X]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aac8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Razer USA Kraken Kitty Edition
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6.3:6 chip-ID: 1532:0521 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: AzureWave driver: rtw_8821ce v: N/A modules: rtw88_8821ce pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:c821 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3533
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2
    lmp-v: 8 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.83 TiB used: 649.62 GiB (34.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P3SSD8
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR30A temp: 37.9 C
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH3 1T00
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 20RL scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: TeamGroup model: T253512GB
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 61.5 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 448.67 GiB size: 448.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 351.32 GiB (78.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 448.67 GiB size: 448.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 351.32 GiB (78.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 448.67 GiB size: 448.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 351.32 GiB (78.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 448.67 GiB size: 448.67 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 351.32 GiB (78.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.54 GiB used: 2.69 GiB (17.3%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.09 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.8 C mobo: 39.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 63.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 700
Info:
  Processes: 384 Uptime: 49m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
  available: 15.54 GiB used: 5.74 GiB (36.9%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: 2381 pm: pacman pkgs: 2368 libs: 538 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
  pm: flatpak pkgs: 13 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: kitty inxi: 3.3.29
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
  System install date:     2023-08-08
  Last full system update: 2023-09-14 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:  
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Delete this “inxi” picture and post your inxi not in hide-details, please.

Yeah, hope there is a solution, you can’t copy and paste a path from somewhere in this “geany”(?)
selection menu.

Settings
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?

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does that apply to i3 though or is that for dragonized?

(fixed the garuda-inxi)

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Thunar is fairly customizable. I can definitely type a path into mine; you probably just need to adjust some settings to expose more of the features.

There are also a lot of plugins to further extend the functionality; see the ArchWiki for some ideas: Thunar - ArchWiki

To more directly answer your question: to change the file file browser just install another one with Pacman, then change this line in ~/.config/i3/config to call your new application:

[...]
set $preferredFileManager /usr/bin/thunar
[...]
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I think its geany not Thunar :slight_smile:

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The config here says Geany is “preferred text editor”. :man_shrugging: etc/skel/.config/i3/config · master · Garuda Linux / Themes and Settings / Settings / garuda-i3-settings · GitLab

[...]

### Applications: ###

set $preferredTerminalEmulator /usr/bin/kitty
set $preferredBrowser /usr/bin/firedragon
set $preferredFileManager /usr/bin/thunar
set $preferredMailClient /usr/bin/geary
set $preferredTextEditor /usr/bin/geany
set $preferredScreenCaptureTool /usr/bin/flameshot gui

[...]

I don’t really know what Geany is. :joy:

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Geany is a text app like Kate.

But you want to change settings from thunar (dolphin) :slight_smile:

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Okay, so…there is no file manager being discussed here after all?! :joy:

I’ll just see myself out…

:door: :running_man:

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Yes, just check if post 2 is helpful.

If not, post the app name you use. Please :slight_smile:

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it’s not from that, thunar is not installed and it’s the dialogue option that appears out of options like “browse” or “open file”
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my bad on not clarifying

11

?
Is the file preferred file browser in i3wm.

Did post 2 help?

12

no it is not, nemo is

13

Check the manual, please.

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Well the thing there isn’t nemo. It’s been the same thing since thunar was installed and nemo wasn’t.

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