Bug 389554 - Add wallpaper open dialog should default to last used location
Summary: Add wallpaper open dialog should default to last used location
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Image & Slideshow wallpaper plugins (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Marco Martin
URL:
Keywords: junior-jobs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-01-28 14:56 UTC by David Tonhofer
Modified: 2026-02-04 17:35 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:


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I want a new Wallpaper: By default, go to ~/Pictures (229.70 KB, image/png)
2018-01-28 14:56 UTC, David Tonhofer
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Description David Tonhofer 2018-01-28 14:56:05 UTC
Created attachment 110180 [details]
I want a new Wallpaper: By default, go to ~/Pictures

Currently when getting new Wallpapers, the Wallpapering dialogue goes to ~/Pictures (at least in a Fedora 27 KDE configuration). 

Better: Allow configuring the default wallpaper directory, possibly in the "System Configuration" supermenu.

(Actually, allow setting an URI including a file:// URI and a time interval so that it is updated automatically at fixed intervals and ... nah, too complex for such a use case)
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-02-05 16:02:41 UTC
What's wrong with defaulting to your Pictures folder?
Comment 2 David Tonhofer 2018-02-06 22:16:42 UTC
Well, the Pictures folder is actually just a work folder (it contains screenshots among other), not a repository of Wallpapers, which are somewhere in an Archive folder.
Comment 3 David Edmundson 2018-02-06 22:58:32 UTC
I'm not adding a UI option to choose a directory to later choose files from. That's overcomplicating the UI for little gain.

Making it open the last used folder is doable.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2018-02-06 23:03:07 UTC
> Making it open the last used folder is doable.

That seems sensible to me.
Comment 5 David Tonhofer 2018-02-10 10:12:17 UTC
Sounds cool.
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-19 18:53:02 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6208
Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-19 18:53:04 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6208
Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2026-01-19 18:53:05 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6208
Comment 9 Sangam 2026-01-19 18:55:34 UTC
I have submitted a merge  request regarding this issue kindly check it: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6208
Comment 10 Nate Graham 2026-02-04 17:35:44 UTC
Git commit 688b586e5d82c5100ddd7228a06d30dda6b93e06 by Nate Graham, on behalf of Sangam Pratap Singh.
Committed on 04/02/2026 at 17:35.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

wallpapers/image: remember last-used folder in wallpaper picker

Previously, the file dialog always defaulted to the Pictures folder.
This change remembers the last selected folder so that subsequent attempts
to add a wallpaper start from the user's last used location.
FIXED-IN: 6.7.0

M  +11   -14   wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/AddFileDialog.qml
M  +61   -0    wallpapers/image/plugin/imagebackend.cpp
M  +11   -0    wallpapers/image/plugin/imagebackend.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/688b586e5d82c5100ddd7228a06d30dda6b93e06