File Picker doesn't show the supported extensions on upload

Hello,
On windows when you open the file upload dialog, you can see which extensions are supported:

But instead, Linux only shows "Customized Files" but no extensions. So I have no idea what types it supports. (It's not just for one website, Gnome File Picker only supports if only one extension is allowed.)

Do you know any solution to see which types are supported? (Also it would be nice to see thumbnail(s) before opening folder, just like Windows File Explorer and Dolphin File Manager have, but in this issue my main problem is extension)

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You use Google Chrome when I see that right. Is it installed as .deb?

Yes it's deb and located in usr/bin/google-chrome. Also Brave Browser is located in /usr/bin/brave-browser and has the same problem. (Note that it shows the correct extension if it only supports one extension.)

After you said that, I also tried Firefox. (Both preinstalled tar.gz and flatpak versions)


It shows like this on tar version, I need to scroll down after to see all options (a bug), but the flatpak version shows all extensions on the list without needing to scroll. (First time seeing flatpak version works better than the normal

To make sure, I downloaded brave via flatpak but same issue.

Versions will not change this because it is fundamental in GTK.

Qt can list them as you ask.

But in GTK, file extensions are presented as MIMEtypes.

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But there has to be solution, no? I cannot be the the first person who found out about this problem. It's just a basic file picker information.

I think it is a matter of perspective - to notice a problem and to solve a problem requires there to be a problem.

The File Picker is working correctly; it just did not meet your expectation. It is not broken.

Because it adresses the File Picker, it would be Gnome what would have to take a Look at this I would think.