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JRegan
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9 years ago

Chooser - Default Folder

The current implementation of the chooser works well enough for personal, relatively infrequent use. However, navigating to a specific folder from root every single time you load the chooser gets irr...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago
Thanks for writing this up! I can certainly see how this would be helpful. I can't make any promises as to if/when this would be implemented, but I'm sending this along as a feature request.
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BWT
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Hi, we also have the exact same problem when developing our business oriented app. We need to be able to specify an optional default opening folder in the File Chooser to speed up the process for frequent users.

 

So if it helps please add our "vote" to this feature request.

 

Thanks!

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago
    Thanks for the additional feedback! It is helpful.
    • elsigh's avatar
      elsigh
      Helpful | Level 5
      6 years ago

      Another bit here - I have an app with App Folder permission only so when we open the chooser it would be nice to have it start in that folder, otherwise it's always going to go badly I think.

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        Greg-DB
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        6 years ago

        elsigh Thanks for the note!

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