KDEConnect file upload prompt problem after update

[terr72]

I just updated from Ubuntu Jammy to Noble.
The KDEConnect version changed from 21.12.3 to 23.08.5.

In Jammy/21.12.3 the file upload prompt defaulted to $HOME/Desktop.
In Noble/23.08.5 it suddenly changed to $HOME/.

How can I change that default folder?

[skyfishgoo]

did you check your locations in settings?

just type “locations” anywhere on the desktop and go to the settings page that results.

[terr72]

Can you tell me in which config file this setting is stored?
I’m using KDEConnect on Xfce.

[skyfishgoo]

i cannot since i’m using KDE.

if you don’t have a ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file with the settings then you will have to ask in a XFCE forum where this stuff is stored.

here is a tread on the topic that may help

What exactly does changing path in Locations do?

That’s right - it’s not changing how your actual underlying file system is structured, it’s changing the location in that filesystem where applications (ones that support freedesktop.org / xdg standards) will look by default for those things. So for example, if an app is going to download a file to your local storage, instead of hard-coding $HOME/Downloads - which would need to be translated anyway for non-English setups, and wouldn’t be right for every configuration - it can direct the file to…

the bind mount solution maybe be of particular interest to your situation.

[terr72]

if you don’t have a ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file with the settings then you will have to ask in a XFCE forum where this stuff is stored.

I do have, but none of the XDG vars there lead to the plain $HOME. They all lead to $HOME/different_subdirs.

[skyfishgoo]

sounds like a bug in 23.08 then, because in 24.05 files go to the Downloads folder where they should according to XDG settings.

if that’s the latest build you have access to perhaps you can go back a version if there is more than one version in your noble repository

or you can add backports and likely get access to 24.05