When "saving as" the rest of the files are greyed out

Hello all,

this is mostly cosmetic issue that i have with the "saved as" option. I tried to search the community but didn't find anything related to Catalina OR to my exact problem.

Mind that I just migrated to Catalina (but from High Sierra).

When lets say i'm trying to print as a pdf i "save as" then the finder window pops up and i have the option to save the file... again the fonctionnality works but why is everything greyed out?? I don't have my eagle eye anymore (i'm 50) so i would like to actually see ALL the file names (even if they do not concern pdf's). Just regular black file name.... not this light grey.

So, if there is an option other than turn everything off graphicly and go bonkers in the accessibility panel then i would very much like to know about it!

Tried dark mode, light mode, auto mode but nothing will restore the file names as regular file name. Also tried to look at the permissions (UI or terminal). Haven't checked something like Onyx that might propose something.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!