kubuntu 8.10: firefox filepicker

[Gianluca Cerminara]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using Kubuntu 8.10, 32bit with the latest upgrades.
> Firefox (from Ubuntu) works great. Only the file picker annoys me:
> Whenever I download a file, a gnomish file dialogue asks where I
> like to put the file.
> 
> This dialogue is ugly, ok but the real trouble:
> --Its opening size is tiny. I need to enlarge it to get to see something
> --whenever I create a directory this is duely done, but until 8.04, I 
> had it open the directory immediately, now I need to open it manually, 
> which is a badkstep in usability.
> 
> Everyone got a decent KDE file dialogue for my firefox?
> 
> Thanks much for help
> 
> Eberhard
> 
> 

Hi Eberhard,

Open about:config, search for "file_picker" and flip the preference 
ui.allow_platform_file_picker to false.

This should do the trick.
Regards,
	G