[Bug]:`showItemInFolder` does not open correct item location when run as Electron snap

[craxal]

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Electron Version

16.*

What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 20.04

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Expected Behavior

showItemInFolder should do as advertised and open the folder location of an item. For example:

shell.openItemInFolder("/home/username/Downloads/file.txt");

This should open the file browser to the user's Download folder and select "file.txt".

Actual Behavior

When using Electron Fiddle or running from an uncompressed .tar.gz distribution, this works as expected.

However, when running from a standard (vs. classic) snap, the file browser opens to the user's home directory and no deeper. This happens even when the snap is connected to the :home slot, and should have permissions to open user directories.

Testcase Gist URL

No response

Additional Information

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[ckerr]

Hey Craig, is this still an issue in newer versions of Electron, e.g. 19-x-y?

[craxal]

@ckerr I am not currently able to verify whether it reproduces in v19. We get our Electron builds from an internal source for validation/security reasons, not from the public release.

[craxal]

@ckerr We recently upgraded to Electron 19. I just tried running our application from a snap on Ubuntu 20, but I still see this problem. In fact, I am now seeing "ENOSYS: function not implemented, write" errors when trying to write files to the same location.

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[craxal]

@ckerr Bump! This is still affecting my app. Please let me know if you need more information.

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[craxal]

BUMP

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BUMP

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[craxal]

bump (again)

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bump (again, again)

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[craxal]

bump x4

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bump x5

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[craxal]

bump x6

Actually, I don't think this is a problem for snaps only. This also happens with our "raw" distribution, too, after the app is built/packaged.

microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer#8232