Open dialog should be able to open an URL directly

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ft Registered Member Posts 2 Karma 0	Open dialog should be able to open an URL directly Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:06 am Suppose you want to open an image in gimp; the user should be able to paste a URL of an image in the open file dialog and open it directly. Windows 7 did this 10 years ago by downloading the contents of the url in a temporary file and opening it - it was such a helpful feature. Also, I'd be really grateful if someone points me to the open file dialog repository, I would like to implement this for my own, in case this isn't approved.
Mamarok Manager Posts 6071 Karma 16 OS	Re: Open dialog should be able to open an URL directly Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:43 am And how exactly is this relevant to KDE? GIMP is a GTK application... Running Kubuntu 22.10 with Plasma 5.26.3, Frameworks 5.100.0, Qt 5.15.6, kernel 5.19.0-23 on Ryzen 5 4600H, AMD Renoir, X11 FWIW: it's always useful to state the exact Plasma version (+ distribution) when asking questions, makes it easier to help ...
ft Registered Member Posts 2 Karma 0	Re: Open dialog should be able to open an URL directly Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:45 pm Mamarok wrote:And how exactly is this relevant to KDE? GIMP is a GTK application... The open file dialog is part of KDE, - gimp was just an example. Did you not read my three sentece post?
Mamarok Manager Posts 6071 Karma 16 OS	Re: Open dialog should be able to open an URL directly Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:04 pm Which Open File dialog are you talking about? In which application? Running Kubuntu 22.10 with Plasma 5.26.3, Frameworks 5.100.0, Qt 5.15.6, kernel 5.19.0-23 on Ryzen 5 4600H, AMD Renoir, X11 FWIW: it's always useful to state the exact Plasma version (+ distribution) when asking questions, makes it easier to help ...