Bug 164766 - Master Document / Navigator: "edit link" should open in link folder
Summary: Master Document / Navigator: "edit link" should open in link folder
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.2.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Navigator
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Reported: 2025-01-20 04:57 UTC by peter josvai
Modified: 2025-12-26 03:20 UTC (History)
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Description peter josvai 2025-01-20 04:57:14 UTC
Hi, 


You have a master document with one sub document, which is "linked" into the master document.

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	You insert the subdocument like this:
	Navigator, 
	find the icon in the icon menu-bar which says (as a tooltip) "insert", 
	choose: "file"...
	
	So, you're inserting a file :) A document (subdocument into your master doc).
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The problem (misbehavior):

When you (in Navigator window) click "edit link", 
you see the path of the linked file (document).
BUT when you click on "browse", you land at a different location, 
not in the folder where your linked document is.

How it should work?

When you click on "browse", 
the directory in which the linked document is should open.


(It is "there" in the text field...
it should be simple to "get that value"...
only "browse" should not be a "blank browse", but an "open that directory" command... 
I guess...)

(I checked it with Libreoffice 24.8.2.1 release)

* * * thank you for developing Libreoffice and Writer * * *
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2025-02-03 10:58:09 UTC
It is the same dialog for sections (Insert > Section: Link). In my test the link opens the correct folder (eg. /Documents rather than /Downloads). Please add your version info - and comment if I understood wrongly.

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: b0d4b4664a295631ce4d8dee2ceb5cd94ae12edb
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 15.2; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx
Locale: de-DE (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2025-11-25 15:23:15 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2025-12-26 03:20:04 UTC
Dear peter josvai,

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