Bug 139873 - File->Open should show current directory
Summary: File->Open should show current directory
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: framework (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.2.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All Linux (All)
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Reported: 2021-01-24 00:42 UTC by Jim Avera
Modified: 2021-09-20 09:03 UTC (History)
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Description Jim Avera 2021-01-24 00:42:36 UTC
Description:
The documentation for File->Open says the Display area "Displays the files and folders in the folder that you are in." but it does not. 

Instead, it appears to always display some fixed folder, possibly from the Options->LO->Paths->My Documents or somewhere else.   

This is almost always unhelpful.  

To me, anyway.  If others really find it more helpful to always default to some fixed "My Documents" folder, then there should be an option to disable that behavior for those for whom that is never helpful (perhaps: Provide disable the "My Documents" option entirely).

Anyway, the current behavior is contrary to the documentation.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy some document to, say, /tmp
2. cd /tmp
3. loffice <thatfile>
4. File->Open

Actual Results:
Some other directory is displayed, not the current directory

Expected Results:
The current directory, or possibly the directory of the currently-viewed file.  Something which is, as the docs say, "the folder that you are in"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
File->Open should open the current directory, or the directory of the currently-displayed file (if any), or something which can be construed as "the folder that you are in".
Comment 1 Jim Avera 2021-01-24 00:45:08 UTC
Just to clarify, the displayed folder can of course can be changed by manually navigating within the file-picker.  

The issue is what folder is displayed when the file-picker first opens.