Set current directory to default if no real file is open

fml2

Hello,

the setting “Default Directory > Default Open/Save file Directory” is set to “Follow current document” in my instance of NP++.

Now, if I have some tabs with existing files and some other tabs that never have existed as a file (new and never saved), and I close the last tab with the “real” file, the current directory points to the directory of that last real file.

Is it possible to change it to some other value after the last “real file tab” has been closed?

Thank you!

fml2

I’d like to explain the rationale behind the question.

When I start NP++, the current folder is set to “Desktop”. This is the basic setup. The files I’m usually editing are not far from there.

Sometimes, however, I edit files from other directories, maybe network ones. When I close the last such file I want the situation to return back to the basic setup. So that e.g. when I bring up the Open File dialog (Ctrl+O) it shows me the Desktop.

PeterJones

@fml2 ,

There isn’t a hybrid mode. The Default Directory settings are described in the User Manual. Either it always follows the current document (or most recent real document), or it always uses the directory of the last Open or Save action, or it always goes to the static default directory.

As a workaround, you could use the Run menu:

Run > Run cmd /c "echo "%USERPROFILE%\Documents" | clip"
Save…, assign a name (DocumentsToClipboard or whatever) and a keyboard shortcut

This would put DocumentsToClipboard in the Run menu (and that shortcut), so anytime you’re about to go from a “new” file, you could use that menu action or shortcut, then when you Save, you can paste in that value. It’s not exactly what you want, but it saves you having to navigate there yourself. (And, obviously, if your Documents folder weren’t where you wanted the destination, put that directory in rather than Documents before you initially Save the Run action)