Re: [Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #8015] Add set current directory comntext menu to file browser

[John Donoghue]

On 04/13/2013 02:03 AM, Torsten wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #2, patch #8015 (project octave):
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> When synchronizing is disabled, you can set the current directory to the
> actual file browser directory with the "check" (right) button in the toolbar
> and the browser directory to the current directory with the "reload" (middle)
> button.
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Oh ... so you can. And now you can also with the context menu as well. :)

On playing with it, it seems a little counter intuitive with the set 
octave directory button setting the current directory to the root of the 
treeview, rather than the selected directory in the view (if one was 
selected) Thoughts?

On the file browser, would it make sense to add a popdown tool button 
with the same options as the context menu?
Not that it should be a driving factor, but I believe Matlab does a 
similar thing, and the Goto current octave directory button could be 
merged (with the set octave directory)  into the popdown button to allow 
the combo box to take more of the file browser toolbar space.

I will volunteer to do it (both points), if people think it is something 
worth doing.