I think that the firefox snap confinement issue that has plagued many is causing this problem, but I'm not sure. My problem is that when I download a file, I typically will click on the "Open Folder" button next to the file so I can browse to it in my file explorer (using KDE dolphin). But instead, when I click the folder, simply nothing happens.
In another instance, if a webpage needs to upload a file, the "Browse" button would usually open a file selection dialog. However, in my case, the button is simply unresponsive. This is the case on pretty much every web page I visit.
Everything I've read about this issue says that it's due to strict confinement of the firefox snap package, and to use the home interface to access files in my home directory and the removeable media interface for mounted filesystems.
I've done that. It appeared to be that way by default. I also tried using --classic flag during snap installation to remove confinement, but that was ignored.
This is enormously frustrating, and I am in disbelief that this issue has been allowed to persist for so long. My current work-around is to spin up a windows VM and do my file mashing there. Surely this isn't what the rest of the ubuntu community is doing.
Kubuntu 22.04, updates automatically applied regularly
EDIT: Here are details about my firefox snap:
$ snap connections firefox
Interface Plug Slot Notes
audio-playback firefox:audio-playback :audio-playback -
audio-record firefox:audio-record :audio-record -
avahi-observe firefox:avahi-observe :avahi-observe -
browser-support firefox:browser-sandbox :browser-support -
camera firefox:camera :camera -
content[gnome-3-38-2004] firefox:gnome-3-38-2004 gnome-3-38-2004:gnome-3-38-2004 -
content[gtk-3-themes] firefox:gtk-3-themes gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes -
content[icon-themes] firefox:icon-themes gtk-common-themes:icon-themes -
content[sound-themes] firefox:sound-themes gtk-common-themes:sound-themes -
cups-control firefox:cups-control - -
dbus - firefox:dbus-daemon -
desktop firefox:desktop :desktop -
desktop-legacy firefox:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy -
gsettings firefox:gsettings :gsettings -
hardware-observe firefox:hardware-observe :hardware-observe -
home firefox:home :home -
joystick firefox:joystick :joystick -
mount-control firefox:host-hunspell :mount-control -
mpris - firefox:mpris -
network firefox:network :network -
network-bind firefox:network-bind :network-bind -
network-observe firefox:network-observe - -
opengl firefox:opengl :opengl -
personal-files firefox:dot-mozilla-firefox :personal-files -
removable-media firefox:removable-media :removable-media -
screen-inhibit-control firefox:screen-inhibit-control :screen-inhibit-control -
system-files firefox:etc-firefox :system-files -
system-packages-doc firefox:system-packages-doc :system-packages-doc -
u2f-devices firefox:u2f-devices :u2f-devices -
unity7 firefox:unity7 :unity7 -
upower-observe firefox:upower-observe :upower-observe -
wayland firefox:wayland :wayland -
x11 firefox:x11 :x11 -
$ snap info firefox
name: firefox
summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser
publisher: Mozilla✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox
contact: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla
license: unset
description: |
Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application
technologies.
commands:
- firefox
- firefox.geckodriver
snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk
tracking: latest/stable
refresh-date: today at 15:33 EDT
channels:
latest/stable: 113.0.2-1 2023-05-23 (2710) 254MB -
latest/candidate: 114.0-3 2023-06-02 (2744) 256MB -
latest/beta: 114.0b9-1 2023-05-26 (2724) 255MB -
latest/edge: 115.0a1 2023-05-31 (2742) 262MB -
esr/stable: 102.11.0esr-2 2023-05-09 (2642) 186MB -
esr/candidate: 102.12.0esr-1 2023-05-29 (2735) 186MB -
esr/beta: ↑
esr/edge: ↑
installed: 113.0.2-1 (2710) 254MB -
