Problem with SNAP permissions on filezilla

[makitso]

Doing some testing on Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 and 19.10.
I installed filezilla via snap. I then went to Settings / File editing / Use custom editor / then did a browse.
When I tried to look a /usr

One can select an editor from /usr/bin using the standard filezilla install via apt.

[brlin-tw]

Due to the confined nature of snap apps. currently it is not possible for the FileZilla snap to call an external utility.

A possible alternative is to use the in-snap /usr/bin/xdg-open executable to call the default application for editing but AFAICT this doesn't work for the FileZilla's remote file editing feature due to the non-blocking implementation.

[makitso]

Thank you for your response.
The other option would be for you to “apply” for classic confinement (full file system access without any constraints). Seems a product like filezilla is a better fit for this type of confinement.

[Instagit]

I appreciate the effort, but if this can't be fixed, is there really a reason for this snap to show up in the default Ubuntu 20.04 software list? A file transfer tool with limited file access is not very useful and users who install an FTP client expect it to have access to all files they have access to.