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I updated ubuntu to 22.04 version and the preview of files when I open a file selector menu, for example to upload a image to twitter via browser, doesn't work anymore, how I can enable this feature? Thank you:

Now: enter image description here

I would like something like this: enter image description here

thank you :)

ZiTAL
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  • This problem was especially annoying for me when using Firefox. If that's your case too, this helps: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405785/no-file-preview-while-opening-an-image-in-22-04 – brandizzi Mar 12 '23 at 19:19

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Feature was removed in GTK4.

Emmanuele Bassi from the GNOME Team:

The preview in GTK3 is provided by the application itself, not the toolkit. In GTK4, the preview widget API has been removed, as it cannot be used with native/sandboxed file choosers.

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/file-chooser-gtk-4-does-not-show-image-prveiew/10429

vanadium
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Dolphin File Manager from KDE can preview files.

So I installed Dolphin Files Manager App on Gnome 42.5 and make Dolphin as default files manager. It's work! Set Dolphin as default file manager at Gnome

Now I can see file preview when I call file picker.

Sai Naw Kham
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