On 11/19/22 08:12, Chris Green wrote:
I find the file selection window that appears when loading or saving files from (most) applications very confusing.There's two issues:- It often goes to the 'Recent' location which isn't actually a directory, it's just a list of files/directories that have been recently accessed. I'd really rather not have this as it's not a 'real' directory, I just find it confusing. If I run (for example) atril from the command line it doesn't show me the current directory when I 'Open file' it shows me the some directory I have previously used, often months ago. Is there any way to simply tell programs to use a file opening dialog in the current directory?
Agreed on these issues.The recent locations is especially frustrating for those who track where their files are located.
For users who do not track where files are located, this change in behavior makes sense. But, users who do more/expect more are frustrated by this behavior.
I want the dialog to open to the directory I am currently using with that file/app.
I am often doing the same thing with five or six files (uploading for a court filing in a case). All the files in the case are in a specific folder, so a recently accessed files location serves no purpose for me.
But, note, this problem does NOT consistently appear. Older xfce apps do not have this problem (I think). And, it is NOT present in LibreOffice (checkbox for using LibreOffice Open/Save dialogs is NOT checked). Whether this problem is tied to newer gtk3 apps, snap apps, or gnome apps ported to xubuntu remains to be determined.
-Victor -- -- Victor Forberger [email protected] blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com
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