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Peper
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Root Folder

Post by Peper »

The purpose of the Root Folder in project properties is not clear to me.

I would have expected that - after selecting a project - the default directory for the file open dialogue would be the root folder, but it isn't.

I also read from a posting that it is not used to compute a file path in the editor (the editor uses relative paths).

Thank you for helping me further.

Peper
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Re: Root Folder

Post by Peper »

Peper wrote:I would have expected that - after selecting a project - the default directory for the file open dialogue would be the root folder, but it isn't.
This is the same expectation as http://forums.blumentals.net/viewtopic.php?t=771
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Post by Peper »

Meanwhile I found out that the "File Explorer" panel uses the Root Folder as expected. This solves my immediate problem.
But I am still curious if it has other purposes.
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Post by Karlis »

This is actually in the to-do but I am not sure what to do, because we have a set of users who like that the last used folder is remembered, instead of always selecting root in Open/Save dialog.
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Post by Peper »

Hi Karlis
This might be a nice solution:
in http://forums.blumentals.net/viewtopic.php?p=5510#5510 syrupcore wrote:I'd prefer a button in the open dialog that says something along the lines of 'go to project root'. sometimes I'm opening things outside of the project and it'd be a pain if webuilder didn't open from the same folder I last opened from. More often, I'm in your situation, wishing it would default to the project folder but the 'jump to' option would be the perfect blend for my style of working at least.
Will
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