1423568 - Firefox changing my wallpaper everytimes I open the downloaded files folder.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[meunier.f]

Attachment: Small desktop recorded video of the bug

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0
Build ID: 20171129230835

Steps to reproduce:

- Downloaded any file of any kind from Firefox Quantum
- Clicked on the "Display progress of ongoing downloads" icon
- Open containing folder


Actual results:

- As I clicked on "Open containing folder", it changes my wallpaper


Expected results:

- It should open the containing folder of downloads, without changing my wallpaper.

Comment 1

[meunier.f]

This happens everytimes. I can reproduce forever.

Comment 2

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Not a security bug.

Also, from the screencast, I expect it's your file manager (which opens up when opening the folder) that is changing the wallpaper. I bet opening the file manager any other way has the same effect.

Comment 3

[meunier.f]

Opening up the file manager in any other way doesn't affect the wallpaper. Already tested.

Comment 4

[meunier.f]

Attachment: opening file manager in other ways than Firefox screencast

Comment 5

[meunier.f]

Just found the bug is confirmed on Ubuntu Firefox Package : 

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1719209

Firefox opens Nautilus instead of Thunar in XFCE desktop.

Comment 6

[meunier.f]

(In reply to :Gijs from comment #2)
> Not a security bug.
> 
> Also, from the screencast, I expect it's your file manager (which opens up
> when opening the folder) that is changing the wallpaper. I bet opening the
> file manager any other way has the same effect.

You are right. After opening specifically Nautilus in the applications menu, it replace my wallpaper with the default Unity wallpaper. This said, Firefox should adapt the desktop environment when opening the file browser ?

Comment 7

[meunier.f]

Attachment: Temporary fix solution

In attachment a screenshot of the line to edit in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list in order to have Firefox opening Thunar instead of Nautilus when using XFCE.

I suggest Firefox to add an option to give users the choice of preferred file manager matching desktop environment.

Comment 8

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

I will mark this report invalid
Firefox didn't change the wallpaper and the default File Browser is taken from the defaults.list

Comment 9

[meunier.f]

(In reply to Matthias Versen [:Matti] from comment #8)
> I will mark this report invalid
> Firefox didn't change the wallpaper and the default File Browser is taken
> from the defaults.list

Exact, that was clarified now. Thanks for support. Any chance Firefox to adapt the desktop environment or adding an option to choose the default file manager in near future ?