Pressing enter no longer does anything in save as/open dialogs

[Barry de Graaff]

The problem seems to be:

https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/1983


I also found that save as works correctly in Mousepad (which I normally 
do not use)

Starting firefox with:
GTK_USE_PORTAL=0  firefox

Makes it work. Root cause seems to be:

systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
Failed to reset failed state of unit xdg-desktop-portal.service: Unit 
xdg-desktop-portal.service not loaded.

Now on my other system where it does work, I do not start X using the 
graphical-target, instead it uses startxfce from a multiuser.target.

So I see work-arounds. Thanks to ChatGPT

On 2026-06-09 15:14, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> was there an update, or did this "just happen out of the blue"?
> 
> Check your shortcut keys?
> 
> An aside, in past years, I have enjoyed my visits to Amsterdam and 
> walks along the Eco-canal to the Rembrandt statue on the Amsel.  And 
> watching the sculling boats racing along the river.  Just don't have EU 
> travel these days.
> 
> BTW, currently on F44 with XFCE.  Moved to XFCE with F15.  And Enter 
> works fine for me.  Just used it.
> 
> On 6/9/26 5:38 AM, Barry de Graaff wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Folks,
>> 
>> Not sure if this is an actual XFCE problem, but I have been using XFCE 
>> on Ubuntu an Fedora for many years, and I used to be able to hit the 
>> enter key an save a file or open one. For example from Firefox or 
>> Signal Desktop (snap)
>> 
>> Now this no longer works on Fedora, I have to ALT+S or ALT+O or use 
>> the mouse, which I do not want.
>> 
>> Is there a setting that affects this? Or is it a new bug or feature?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Barry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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