File dialogs restricted to ~/Downloads

[stoffld]

What steps will reproduce the problem? ¶

1. Try to open or save a file

What is the expected result? ¶

I should see all files and directories in my home directory. I should be able to navigate to any subdirectory in my home directory or any other directory that I have permissions to.

It should list all files that match the current file type filter.

What happens instead? ¶

In my home directory I only see the "Downloads" directory. I can't see any other directory. I also see no *.osm or any other matching file in my home directory even if such files exist.

When I change to the Downloads directory, I can see matching files and also can change to subdirectories.

I can select some other system directories like /tmp but again *.osm files are not listed.

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if possible. ¶

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2020-11-21 14:56:29 +0100 (Sat, 21 Nov 2020)
Revision:17329
Build-Date:2020-11-22 02:30:52
URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (17329 de) Linux Freedesktop.org 20.08.2 (Flatpak runtime)
Memory Usage: 478 MB / 3918 MB (271 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 11.0.8+10, Flathub, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Look and Feel: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
Screen: :0.0 1920x1200 (scaling 1.0x1.0)
Maximum Screen Size: 1920x1200
Best cursor sizes: 16x16 -> 16x16, 32x32 -> 32x32
Desktop environment: X-Cinnamon
Environment variable LANG: de_DE.UTF-8

Plugins:
+ OpeningHoursEditor (35640)
+ buildings_tools (35669)
+ changeset-viewer (25)
+ utilsplugin2 (35671)

Map paint styles:
- https://github.com/bastik/mapcss-tools/raw/osm/mapnik2mapcss/osm-results/mapnik.zip

[stoffld]

File dialog in Josm

[stoffld]

Actual directories in my home folder

[stoffld]

The problem was caused by the flatpak version of the JOSM package. Like other flatpak packages it seems to have restrictions regarding the directories it's allowed to access.

I've now instead installed the debian packages from the JOSM repo as described here: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Download

Now I can open any directory so the issue is fixed.

[skyper]

Ticket #21366 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.