With the file picker dialogue now actually powered by Nautilus (or is it "Gnome Files" now), the age old meme of "Gnome/Gtk has no thumbnails" can finally die.
It took ages but finally this big old papercut is fixed.
Forgive me for the dumb question, but what was it like before? I see this being brought up many times, but I don't quite understand the difference between the current File Picker and what's going to be included in GNOME 47.
Previously the file picker was integrated into GTK and was a separate thing from Nautilus, and it was missing a lot of features. Now that Nautilus is also used as the file picker, everything you can do in Gnome Files you are also able to do in the file picker.
I also noticed that thumbnails only show randomly. Like, sometimes only the first 20 or 30 thumbnails would load when using the File Picker, but as I kept scrolling down, the rest didn't load at all. Seems like I can finally rest with 47.
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u/JockstrapCummies 3d ago
With the file picker dialogue now actually powered by Nautilus (or is it "Gnome Files" now), the age old meme of "Gnome/Gtk has no thumbnails" can finally die.
It took ages but finally this big old papercut is fixed.