Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem: LibreOffice remembers the last folder I was in (open/save dialog)

I wish to comment on this issue. It' more in the nature of how to design  
the UI rather than a defect in the Suite. I used MSO both in corporate  
environments and personally for many years. Rarely did I use M$'s "My  
Documents" as the storage location for any document. In MSO, it is "My  
Documents" that is the default location for any "File Open" or "File Save"  
operation. MSO insistence on having "My Documents" be the default location  
was a universal hindrance. We in IT constantly struggled to thwart it. The  
most we could do was redirect it to a networked share.

It is not clear in Mike's posting what exactly he would like the behavior  
to be. I would hope Mike is not requesting the M$ paradigm.  I prefer the  
existing behavior in LO.

Mike's suggestion about "an option somewhere to control this behaviour?"  
is very worthy. Some will like the "My Documents" paradigm; me, not so  
much.

I most frequently use the "Recent Documents" list within LO.  The 10  
listed items there are just right historical coverage.

Respectfully blustering,
--
David S. Crampton

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:13:41 -0800, Mike Moratz-Coppins  
<mc_legolas@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Platform:  Win7 SP1 64-bit
> LibreOffice 3.4.3 release (though I have had this problem with  
> OpenOffice and LibreOffice since I started using Win7)
>
> If I do File > Open and open a document from there (which isn't in the  
> default documents folder), then close LibreOffice, re-start it and do  
> File > Open again, it opens the location that I went to for the previous  
> document. The same applies for the save dialog. My workaround at present  
> is to enable 'use libreoffice dialogs' in Tools > Options, but that is  
> quite a feature-light UI in comparison.
>
> It doesn't matter whether I use Writer, Calc or Impress.  Also, if I  
> start by using Writer but close LO and move on to say Impress, then  
> Impress remembers the path I last loaded/saved in with Writer.
>
> I've also seen this behaviour on more than one fresh install Win7 64-bit  
> / OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and while I haven't tested it for this  
> behaviour on every OS install I've done that includes Open/LibreOffice,  
> on every one I've tested it, it had the problem.
>
> Is there an option somewhere to control this behaviour?

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