Bug 514866

Summary:	Last-used save location not remembered or configurable
Product:	[Applications] NeoChat	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Tobias Fella <fella>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	carl, josh
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	git master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nate Graham 2026-01-20 15:01:11 UTC

SUMMARY
I like saving all my downloads in ~/Desktop and not ~/Downloads (so I don't forget about them…), but NeoChat always defaults the save dialog to ~/Downloads.

I can think of two things that would help here:
1. Remembering the last-used save location
2. Making the default save location configurable (like it is in web browsers and Spectacle)

2 is more of a nice-to-have, but 1 would be a great change on its own IMO.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
NeoChat from the nightly git repo

Comment 1 Joshua Goins 2026-01-20 17:16:09 UTC

I took a quick look at the code, it looks like its *supposed* to keep this persistent but doesn't. And if we do want to make it configurable, it's just a regular KConfigXT option anyway.

Comment 2 Joshua Goins 2026-01-22 23:38:16 UTC

Do you have a specific "Save" dialog that's causing this bug? We have multiple, and I can't reproduce at least.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2026-01-23 00:39:02 UTC

It was the dialog to save files in messages, invoked from the buttons in the chat bubbles themselves.

I'm using a nightly Flatpak build of NeoChat, if that's relevant.

Comment 4 Joshua Goins 2026-01-23 00:49:08 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> It was the dialog to save files in messages, invoked from the buttons in the
> chat bubbles themselves.
> 
> I'm using a nightly Flatpak build of NeoChat, if that's relevant.

Oh indeed the Flatpak bit may be relevant, I'll keep that in mind.