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Description

I'd like to point a folder so any application will start its "File Open Dialog" in it. How can I do that?

Rationale

I'm naturally using many applications while working on a project, like FreeCAD, LibreCAD, VLC, SimpleScan, etc. It's frustrating to navigate to my work folder for every single one of those applications. If I could set such a path, any application will start that dialog within my work folder, so I can easily handle my files.

ceremcem
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Nothing will work for any application. Not even inside the same graphic environment. Take for example Gnome. If you were to change that value via dconf-editor you'd find that for evince you need to set:

org.gnome.Evince document-directory

but for gnome-screenshot you need to set:

org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory

in libreoffice you'd have to set a preference:

Menu/Tools/Options/LIbreoffice/Paths/MyDocuments

and so on ...

If you always get the same Open File dialog among the applications you are interested in, you might be able to create a shortcut inside it and add it to the navigation bar.

Eduardo Trápani
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