The suggested folder to open a file or save the file is as follows:
Folder for Save as
- The suggested folder to save the file is the currently displayed folder in the active panel of TC's main window.
Thus, if you keep Lister open, switch to TC's main window and go to some folder, switch back to Lister, choose menu option File/Save as, the suggested folder is the folder you navigated to in TC's main window.
- Right after you opened Lister, the suggested folder for opening a file is either the folder displayed in the active panel or the inactive panel of TC's main window.
It depends on in which panel you last changed to a different folder. - If the Lister window has lost focus, if you go back to the Lister window, the suggested folder in Lister for opening a file will be TC's program folder.
- TC uses Windows dialogs for opening and saving. Many people find these dialogs confusing as to which folder is currently being displayed. So it's important that the suggested folder is consistent and easy to understand.
- The suggested folder for opening a file is quite random and therefor not useful at all. And TC's program folder is certainly not a useful folder to suggest.
- The suggested folder for saving seems to be consistent, but I think it's not intuitive.
- If you opened a file in Lister using cm_list c:\path\file.ext, the suggested folder for opening or saving is never related in any way to the file currently being displayed in Lister.
I suggest to use a far more simple way for the suggested folder.
- Always use the path of currently displayed file as the suggestion for opening and saving.
- After saving a file, load the new file in Lister.
Because:
- It's common practice to use the new name after Save as
- If you want to make another copy to the same location, you don't have to navigate to the folder again.