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KMiller File Manager - Release Notes

Version 5.25 (Current)

Released: December 2025

Bug Fixes

🐛 FileChooser URI Return: Fixed file picker not returning selected file URIs to applications

  • Dialog was returning folder URL instead of selected file URLs
  • Now correctly returns selected file(s) via getSelectedUrls()

Version 5.24

Released: December 2025

Improvements

✨ Full Pane in File Picker: FileChooser dialog now uses complete Pane widget instead of stripped-down MillerView ✨ Places Sidebar: Added KFilePlacesView sidebar for quick navigation to common locations ✨ Preview Enabled: File preview pane enabled by default in picker dialogs ✨ Auto-Focus: Pane receives focus automatically when dialog opens

Version 5.23

Released: December 2025

Major Features

✨ FileChooser Portal: kmiller can now be used as the system file picker via xdg-desktop-portal ✨ Portal Mode: Run with --portal flag to act as D-Bus FileChooser backend ✨ Miller Columns File Picker: Full Miller columns UI in file dialogs (Open, Save, Save As)

Technical Details

  • Implements org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser D-Bus interface
  • Supports file filters, multiple selection, directory mode
  • Auto-activates via D-Bus when configured as preferred portal
  • New files: FileChooserPortal.cpp/h, FileChooserDialog.cpp/h
  • Portal registration: kmiller.portal, D-Bus service file

Installation

To use kmiller as your system file picker:

# Edit ~/.config/xdg-desktop-portal/portals.conf
org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser=kmiller

# Restart portal service
systemctl --user restart xdg-desktop-portal

Version 5.22

Released: December 2025

Features

  • Properties dialog with permissions editing
  • Settings dialog with theme/view preferences
  • Enhanced QuickLook with navigation
  • Improved context menus
  • Archive compress/extract support

Version 5.19

Released: December 2025

Features

  • Multi-tab support
  • Improved drag & drop
  • Status bar with selection info
  • Zoom slider for icon sizes

Version 5.18

Released: December 2025

Features

  • Complete file manager with Miller columns
  • Preview pane (images, PDF, text)
  • Multi-view modes (Icons, Details, Compact, Miller)
  • Full file operations (copy, cut, paste, delete, rename, duplicate)
  • KDE Frameworks integration
  • Thumbnail caching

Earlier Versions (0.4.x - 0.5.x)

Development versions establishing core functionality.

System Requirements

  • OS: Linux (KDE/Qt6 recommended)
  • Dependencies: Qt6 (Widgets, Multimedia, DBus), KDE Frameworks 6, Poppler-Qt6
  • Optional: zip/unzip, tar, 7z, unrar for archive support

Installation

KMiller uses versioned installation in /opt/kmiller/versions/ with symlinks for easy rollback.

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