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

[Barry de Graaff]

I will stop spamming after this, the  GTK_USE_PORTAL=0  was not the fix.

For now I run the below bash script after logon (via sessions and 
startup) and that fixes it reliably. I also found that only firefox and 
signal desktop where affected.




#!/bin/bash

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

cat > ~/.config/systemd/user/xfce-session.target <<'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=XFCE session target
Wants=graphical-session.target
BindsTo=graphical-session.target
After=graphical-session-pre.target
EOF

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start xfce-session.target
systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal.service
systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service



On 2026-06-09 16:02, Barry de Graaff wrote:
> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Xfce mailing list
>>> Xfce at xfce.org
>>> https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
>>> http://www.xfce.org
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xfce mailing list
>> Xfce at xfce.org
>> https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
>> http://www.xfce.org
> _______________________________________________
> Xfce mailing list
> Xfce at xfce.org
> https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
> http://www.xfce.org