diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9f5f104da..3f179da40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ image-tiff = ["image/tiff"]
 image-webp = ["image/webp"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 # rfd (file dialog) async runtime
-rfd-async-std = ["dep:rfd", "rfd/async-std"]
-rfd-tokio = ["dep:rfd", "rfd/tokio"]
+rfd-async-std = ["rfd/async-std"]
+rfd-tokio = ["rfd/tokio"]
+rfd = ["dep:rfd"]
 crossbeam = ["dep:crossbeam", "floem_renderer/crossbeam"]
 localization = ["dep:fluent-bundle", "dep:unic-langid", "dep:sys-locale"]
diff --git a/examples/files/Cargo.toml b/examples/files/Cargo.toml
index 687a32385..47e04dc1a 100644
--- a/examples/files/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/files/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-floem = { path = "../..", features = ["rfd-async-std"] }
+floem = { path = "../..", features = ["rfd"] }
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+floem = { path = "../..", features = ["rfd", "rfd-async-std"] }
diff --git a/examples/files/src/files.rs b/examples/files/src/files.rs
index ea32118d7..7dc2af357 100644
--- a/examples/files/src/files.rs
+++ b/examples/files/src/files.rs
@@ -10,75 +10,75 @@ use floem::{
 pub fn files_view() -> impl IntoView {
     let files = create_rw_signal("".to_string());
     let view = h_stack((
-        button("Select file").on_click_cont(move |_| {
+        button("Select file").action(move || {
             open_file(
                 FileDialogOptions::new()
                     .force_starting_directory("/")
-                    .title("Select file")
+                    .title("Select file (txt, rs, md)")
                     .allowed_types(vec![FileSpec {
                         name: "text",
                         extensions: &["txt", "rs", "md"],
                     }]),
                 move |file_info| {
                     if let Some(file) = file_info {
-                        println!("Selected file: {:?}", file.path);
+                        println!("Selected file: {:?}", file.paths);
                         files.set(display_files(file));
                     }
                 },
             );
         }),
-        button("Select multiple files").on_click_cont(move |_| {
+        button("Select multiple files").action(move || {
             open_file(
                 FileDialogOptions::new()
                     .multi_selection()
-                    .title("Select file")
+                    .title("Select multiple files (txt, rs, md)")
                     .allowed_types(vec![FileSpec {
                         name: "text",
                         extensions: &["txt", "rs", "md"],
                     }]),
                 move |file_info| {
                     if let Some(file) = file_info {
-                        println!("Selected file: {:?}", file.path);
+                        println!("Selected file: {:?}", file.paths);
                         files.set(display_files(file));
                     }
                 },
             );
         }),
-        button("Select folder").on_click_cont(move |_| {
+        button("Select folder").action(move || {
             open_file(
                 FileDialogOptions::new()
                     .select_directories()
                     .title("Select Folder"),
                 move |file_info| {
                     if let Some(file) = file_info {
-                        println!("Selected folder: {:?}", file.path);
+                        println!("Selected folder: {:?}", file.paths);
                         files.set(display_files(file));
                     }
                 },
             );
         }),
-        button("Select multiple folder").on_click_cont(move |_| {
+        button("Select multiple folders").action(move || {
             open_file(
                 FileDialogOptions::new()
                     .select_directories()
                     .multi_selection()
-                    .title("Select multiple Folder"),
+                    .title("Select multiple folders"),
                 move |file_info| {
                     if let Some(file) = file_info {
-                        println!("Selected folder: {:?}", file.path);
+                        println!("Selected folder: {:?}", file.paths);
                         files.set(display_files(file));
                     }
                 },
             );
         }),
-        button("Save file").on_click_cont(move |_| {
+        button("Save file").action(move || {
             save_as(
                 FileDialogOptions::new()
                     .default_name("floem.file")
                     .title("Save file"),
                 move |file_info| {
                     if let Some(file) = file_info {
-                        println!("Save file to: {:?}", file.path);
+                        println!("Save file to: {:?}", file.paths);
                         files.set(display_files(file));
                     }
                 },
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ pub fn files_view() -> impl IntoView {
 }
 
 fn display_files(file: FileInfo) -> String {
-    let paths: Vec<&str> = file.path.iter().filter_map(|p| p.to_str()).collect();
+    let paths: Vec<&str> = file.paths.iter().filter_map(|p| p.to_str()).collect();
     paths.join("\n")
 }
diff --git a/examples/widget-gallery/Cargo.toml b/examples/widget-gallery/Cargo.toml
index 3013b5693..2c2ab0d3b 100644
--- a/examples/widget-gallery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/widget-gallery/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-floem = { path = "../..", features = ["rfd-async-std", "vello"] }
+floem = { path = "../..", features = ["rfd", "vello"] }
 strum = { workspace = true }
 files = { path = "../files/", optional = true }
 stacks = { path = "../stacks/", optional = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+floem = { path = "../..", features = ["rfd", "rfd-async-std", "vello"] }
+
 [features]
 default = ["full"]
-vello = ["floem/vello"]
 full = ["dep:files", "dep:stacks"]
diff --git a/src/action.rs b/src/action.rs
index e4528fc01..ed9140f23 100644
--- a/src/action.rs
+++ b/src/action.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use crate::{
     window_tracking::with_window,
 };
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "rfd-async-std", feature = "rfd-tokio"))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rfd-async-std", feature = "rfd-tokio", feature = "rfd"))]
 pub use crate::file_action::*;
 
 pub(crate) fn add_update_message(msg: UpdateMessage) {
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index f39e62c31..9739faff8 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ pub struct FileSpec {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct FileInfo {
-    /// The path to the selected file.
+    /// The path(s) to the selected file(s).
     ///
     /// On macOS, this is already rewritten to use the extension that the user selected
     /// with the `file format` property.
-    pub path: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    pub paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
     /// The selected file format.
     ///
     /// If there are multiple different formats available
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct FileInfo {
 impl FileInfo {
     /// Returns the underlying path.
     pub fn path(&self) -> &Vec<PathBuf> {
-        &self.path
+        &self.paths
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/file_action.rs b/src/file_action.rs
index 6b976e85e..459fa761f 100644
--- a/src/file_action.rs
+++ b/src/file_action.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{path::PathBuf, pin::Pin};
 
-use floem_reactive::Scope;
+use floem_reactive::{Scope, SignalGet as _, create_updater, with_scope};
+use futures::FutureExt;
 
 use crate::{
-    ext_event::create_ext_action,
+    ext_event::async_signal::FutureSignal,
     file::{FileDialogOptions, FileInfo},
 };
 
@@ -12,68 +13,96 @@ pub fn open_file(
     options: FileDialogOptions,
     file_info_action: impl Fn(Option<FileInfo>) + 'static,
 ) {
-    let send = create_ext_action(
-        Scope::new(),
-        move |(path, paths): (Option<PathBuf>, Option<Vec<PathBuf>>)| {
-            if paths.is_some() {
-                file_info_action(paths.map(|paths| FileInfo {
-                    path: paths,
-                    format: None,
-                }))
-            } else {
-                file_info_action(path.map(|path| FileInfo {
-                    path: vec![path],
-                    format: None,
-                }))
-            }
-        },
-    );
-    std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        let mut dialog = rfd::FileDialog::new();
-        if let Some(path) = options.starting_directory.as_ref() {
-            dialog = dialog.set_directory(path);
+    let mut dialog = rfd::AsyncFileDialog::new();
+
+    if let Some(path) = options.starting_directory.as_ref() {
+        dialog = dialog.set_directory(path);
+    }
+    if let Some(title) = options.title.as_ref() {
+        dialog = dialog.set_title(title);
+    }
+    if let Some(allowed_types) = options.allowed_types.as_ref() {
+        dialog = allowed_types.iter().fold(dialog, |dialog, filter| {
+            dialog.add_filter(filter.name, filter.extensions)
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn to_path_vec(handle: rfd::FileHandle) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+        vec![handle.path().to_path_buf()]
+    }
+
+    fn to_path_vecs(handles: Vec<rfd::FileHandle>) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+        handles.iter().map(|h| h.path().to_path_buf()).collect()
+    }
+
+    // Create the appropriate future based on options, mapping to unified return type
+    let future = match (options.select_directories, options.multi_selection) {
+        (true, true) => Box::pin(dialog.pick_folders().map(|opt| opt.map(to_path_vecs)))
+            as Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Option<Vec<PathBuf>>>>>,
+        (true, false) => {
+            Box::pin(dialog.pick_folder().map(|opt| opt.map(to_path_vec))) as Pin<Box<_>>
         }
-        if let Some(title) = options.title.as_ref() {
-            dialog = dialog.set_title(title);
+        (false, true) => {
+            Box::pin(dialog.pick_files().map(|opt| opt.map(to_path_vecs))) as Pin<Box<_>>
         }
-        if let Some(allowed_types) = options.allowed_types.as_ref() {
-            dialog = allowed_types.iter().fold(dialog, |dialog, filter| {
-                dialog.add_filter(filter.name, filter.extensions)
-            });
+        (false, false) => {
+            Box::pin(dialog.pick_file().map(|opt| opt.map(to_path_vec))) as Pin<Box<_>>
         }
+    };
 
-        if options.select_directories && options.multi_selection {
-            send((None, dialog.pick_folders()));
-        } else if options.select_directories && !options.multi_selection {
-            send((dialog.pick_folder(), None));
-        } else if !options.select_directories && options.multi_selection {
-            send((None, dialog.pick_files()));
-        } else {
-            send((dialog.pick_file(), None));
-        }
+    let scope = Scope::new();
+    with_scope(scope, || {
+        let resource = FutureSignal::on_event_loop(future);
+        create_updater(
+            move || resource.get(),
+            move |paths| {
+                if let Some(paths) = paths {
+                    if let Some(paths) = paths {
+                        file_info_action(Some(FileInfo {
+                            paths,
+                            format: None,
+                        }));
+                    }
+                    scope.dispose();
+                }
+            },
+        );
     });
 }
 
 /// Open a system file save dialog
 pub fn save_as(options: FileDialogOptions, file_info_action: impl Fn(Option<FileInfo>) + 'static) {
-    let send = create_ext_action(Scope::new(), move |path: Option<PathBuf>| {
-        file_info_action(path.map(|path| FileInfo {
-            path: vec![path],
-            format: None,
-        }))
-    });
-    std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        let mut dialog = rfd::FileDialog::new();
-        if let Some(path) = options.starting_directory.as_ref() {
-            dialog = dialog.set_directory(path);
-        }
-        if let Some(name) = options.default_name.as_ref() {
-            dialog = dialog.set_file_name(name);
-        }
-        if let Some(title) = options.title.as_ref() {
-            dialog = dialog.set_title(title);
-        }
-        let path = dialog.save_file();
-        send(path);
+    let mut dialog = rfd::AsyncFileDialog::new();
+    if let Some(path) = options.starting_directory.as_ref() {
+        dialog = dialog.set_directory(path);
+    }
+    if let Some(name) = options.default_name.as_ref() {
+        dialog = dialog.set_file_name(name);
+    }
+    if let Some(title) = options.title.as_ref() {
+        dialog = dialog.set_title(title);
+    }
+
+    let future = dialog
+        .save_file()
+        .map(|opt| opt.map(|h| h.path().to_path_buf()));
+
+    let scope = Scope::new();
+    with_scope(scope, || {
+        let resource = FutureSignal::on_event_loop(future);
+        create_updater(
+            move || resource.get(),
+            move |path| {
+                if let Some(path) = path {
+                    if let Some(path) = path {
+                        file_info_action(Some(FileInfo {
+                            paths: vec![path],
+                            format: None,
+                        }));
+                    }
+                    scope.dispose();
+                }
+            },
+        );
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 97347b621..1ff36182a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,21 @@ pub mod easing;
 pub mod event;
 pub mod ext_event;
 pub mod file;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "rfd-async-std", feature = "rfd-tokio"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    target_os = "linux",
+    feature = "rfd",
+    not(any(feature = "rfd-async-std", feature = "rfd-tokio"))
+))]
+compile_error!(
+    "On Linux, rfd requires an async runtime. \
+     Please enable either the 'rfd-async-std' or 'rfd-tokio' feature."
+);
+#[cfg(all(feature = "rfd-async-std", feature = "rfd-tokio"))]
+compile_error!(
+    "Cannot enable both 'rfd-async-std' and 'rfd-tokio' features simultaneously. \
+     Please choose only one async runtime."
+);
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rfd-async-std", feature = "rfd-tokio", feature = "rfd"))]
 pub mod file_action;
 pub(crate) mod id;
 mod inspector;