No File Type Options When saving

[shadeogreen]

Total noob here. I wanted to change the file type of a document I have and clicked on “save as”. When the save window appeared, i didn’t see a drop down menu for selecting the new file type nor did i see anything on the window that would allow for such a change. I am using Ubuntu 20.04. Any help would be appreciated

[bschaaf]

This is done on purpose as the list of possible extensions is too long for a proper user experience. Instead you’ll need to manually type the file extension.

[bitsper2nd]

You might want to try out this plugin. The alternative would be to set syntax manually before saving the file.

AutoSetSyntax v2

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