Hard to find default wallpapers

[lukors]

I'd like to use default wallpapers with Switcher. I don't know where on my computer they are. It would be great if Switcher made it easy to get to them.

[JeysonFlores]

What's a "default wallpaper"?

[lukors]

The ones that come with elementary OS, these ones:

[JeysonFlores]

Oh, I get it then. What about default wallpapers folder being the default folder of selecting wallpapers?

[lukors]

That would be a definite improvement!

[lukors]

I think the "right" way to do this would be to do it like the regular background picker does it (the one shown in the picture above), however that is. :)

But defaulting to the wallpapers folder would be an easy way to get like 80% of the same functionality.

[JeysonFlores]

Drastic UI proposals will be considered when a new version is being planned.

[JeysonFlores]

According to the documentation at least one of these methods' functionality sets the default folder in the dialog:

However none of them work (at least for me). Can you try the code of the branch issue3 and say if it works for you?

[lukors]

I tested it and it doesn't work for me either.

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On this page in the documentation they advise against using set_current_folder:

Note that old versions of the file chooser’s documentation suggested using set_current_folder in various situations, with the intention of letting the application suggest a reasonable default folder. This is no longer considered to be a good policy, as now the file chooser is able to make good suggestions on its own. In general, you should only cause the file chooser to show a specific folder when it is appropriate to use set_filename, i.e. when you are doing a Save As command and you already have a file saved somewhere.

Could this behaviour be blocked in elementary OS?

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Maybe we're better off abandoning this seemingly simple path, and instead creating a simple interface to pick from existing wallpapers in the two wallpaper locations, and then having a button to add another one.

Essentially like the background picker in the Desktop Plug.

Might be able to use some of the code from this plug.

[lukors]

This feels important to me, so I'll look into adding this.

[lukors]

I've looked into this a bit, but I'm giving up for now.

[JeysonFlores]

I've read the code of the desktop plug and even you can move a lot of them it has some quirky things about the way it manages and sets the backgrounds so it'll need some code adaptation. I'll move this to the version2 flag.