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6 people asked for

All time, since Sep 25, including 4 thumbs-up on GitHub.

Default folder picker location

“On macOS, when I start a new local session and choose a folder, the native folder picker always opens at my home folder (~).”

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Start the folder picker where my projects live. The desktop app's "Open folder…" picker always opens at the home folder, ignoring the last-used folder.

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Desktop app
Versions
2.9939.2 to 10.0.26300
Platforms
macOS, Windows

Part of: New sessions open in right folder3 requests

  1. Default new session to selected folder2 people
  2. Start sessions with nothing preselected2 people

Original reports2, newest first

  1. [Desktop] Allow setting a default start folder for "Open folder..."#103185
  2. Desktop (macOS): folder picker always opens at ~ — hardcoded defaultPath ignores last-used folder; allow a default#97286

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