Bug 131788

Summary:	Export Directly as PDF save dialog default location is not the same as the source file
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Ahiijny <ahiijny>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	oliver.brinzing
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.3.5.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Ahiijny 2020-04-01 13:19:20 UTC

Version: 6.3.5.2 (x64)
Build ID: dd0751754f11728f69b42ee2af66670068624673
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-CA (en_CA); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

I've run into this UI/UX hiccup a few times now.

I went to export my .doc file as PDF, and when I went to the folder, I couldn't find it.

It turns out that the default save location of Export to PDF is the *last* location I exported to PDF, which happens to be an entirely different folder from where my current file is.

I think this is unintuitive behaviour. In my view, it makes more sense for the Save to PDF dialog to follow the same behaviour as the save as dialog. When exporting, I clicked the "save" button quickly while expecting this behaviour, so I didn't notice that the folder location was different from where I was expecting.

Comment 1 Oliver Brinzing 2020-04-01 16:34:04 UTC

Thank you for reporting the bug. 

Can you please check if it works with LO 6.4.2 ?
AFAIK the behaviour changed:
Bug 130535 - Export as PDF doesn't save last path used and uses the same path as current document 

I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. 
Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the requested info is provided.

Comment 2 Ahiijny 2020-07-31 22:35:14 UTC

Hi, sorry about the delay!

Yes, I can confirm that the bug is fixed in 6.4. (Well, it's a "bug" for my workflow at least. Though in the ticket linked above, it looks like this "bug" was a "feature" for that other person :/)

Version: 6.4.5.2 (x64)
Build ID: a726b36747cf2001e06b58ad5db1aa3a9a1872d6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 17763; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-CA (en_CA); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

i.e. When I click "Export Directly as PDF", the default save path is the same directory as the source document.