[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139873] New: File->Open should show current directory

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139873

            Bug ID: 139873
           Summary: File->Open should show current directory
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ Master
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: framework
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jim.avera at gmail.com

Description:
The documentation for File->Open says the Display area "Displays the files and
folders in the folder that you are in." but it does not. 

Instead, it appears to always display some fixed folder, possibly from the
Options->LO->Paths->My Documents or somewhere else.   

This is almost always unhelpful.  

To me, anyway.  If others really find it more helpful to always default to some
fixed "My Documents" folder, then there should be an option to disable that
behavior for those for whom that is never helpful (perhaps: Provide disable the
"My Documents" option entirely).

Anyway, the current behavior is contrary to the documentation.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy some document to, say, /tmp
2. cd /tmp
3. loffice <thatfile>
4. File->Open

Actual Results:
Some other directory is displayed, not the current directory

Expected Results:
The current directory, or possibly the directory of the currently-viewed file. 
Something which is, as the docs say, "the folder that you are in"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
File->Open should open the current directory, or the directory of the
currently-displayed file (if any), or something which can be construed as "the
folder that you are in".

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