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Support terminal file managers via FMDI

steamopen Feature Request
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12070 · opened 2025-06-01 by DaBuddhalint · updated 2025-06-01 · 0 comments · github
DDaBuddhalint 2025-06-01 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1.0.0.82-2 (2025-04-05)
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Arch
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes
  • Steam Logs: steam-logs.tar.gz
  • GPU: AMD

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

The client doesn't seem to support Freedesktop's File Manager Dbus Interface, so the "browse local files" and such, in the Steam client doesn't do anything, making it not being able to open the folder. The only way I could make it work is by starting Steam from a terminal, and then the File Manager pops up in the same terminal window Steam was launched from. For some other apps it works perfectly, for some it doesn't. The latter includes Steam.
The implementation I use is this

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Install yazi
  2. Install the dbus interface
  3. Press "browse local files"
  4. Doesn't work

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