Bring back the Default Folder and Default Database buttons in file dialog windows
Pro uses seemingly random paths when opening a file dialog window to browse to a location when saving or opening anything.
If it decided to use a project you last touched a year ago as the location when the window opens there is no easy way to get to your default location other than by navigating to it as you would any other folder/database.
Depending on how many folders or databases you have in a project, the sluggish nature of Pro means browsing Project > Databases or Project > Folders to get to the default location takes longer than the same action in ArcMap.
Returning these buttons to the dialog window WILL save valuable time and mouse clicks.
I'd love to see the reasoning behind & justification for removing them.
The design is different in Pro for getting to the home folder. Click the path drop-down and the home folder is always pinned to the top:
I understand that doesn't address the default geodatabase but wanted to share this with you in hopes that it helps your work.
On a related note, multiple users in my organization have suffered minor panic attacks when they click on "This PC" to navigate to their default folder only to find it apparently missing from the drive.
It turns out that once they make a folder the default folder, it no longer appears in its actual location when they navigate to it the long way rather than by using the Folders shortcut or the dropdown menu.
Personally, I think a folder should always appear in its location regardless of whether it's the default folder and regardless of how it's accessed.
In this screenshot, you can see that the default folder is RSQ1806.01, and that folder is missing from the alphabetical list of folders in its parent folder when I navigate to it via "This PC" under "Computer":
Is this by design? A bug? I don't think I ever noticed the issue until the last couple months (but I usually navigate to my default folder via the "Folders" folder of folder connections located under "Project" at the top left). It could be that I'm just hearing more about it as we get more people in our organization using Pro.
Thanks!
We don't have an E: drive. The default folder (with home icon) is at the top of the list that is exposed when I click the down arrow at the top of the dialog. I can also see it as expected if I click Folders at the top left (see below).
However, if I scroll down and click on This PC under Computer, and then navigate to the folder's location, it is not visible while it's the default folder in the project. A lot of our users tend to do this before they get used to using the shortcuts that are available. Then they start to panic thinking their folder has been deleted from the drive.
I'm not sure that this happens in every dialog, but I'm able to reproduce it with the Export Features dialog.
@HollyTorpey_LSA what version of Pro are you using?
In 3.1.1 this is what I see when I have a folder from a mapped network drive (I:) set as the project's default folder and I browse to it in the Output Feature Class dialog...
That's right, I forgot that the reason the folder appears to be missing is that it moves to the top of the list of otherwise alphabetized folders. This might not be a big deal in a folder or drive that only contains a few folders, but for drives with a very flat folder structure with a huge number of folders at the same level as the default folder, it's not obvious at all. Users immediately start scrolling to where they expect the folder to be.
I guess what I'm saying is that it would be great if the default folder would just remain in its expected sort position rather than being promoted to the top of an otherwise alphabetical list (see screenshot below).
Oh, and we're using 3.1.1. Thanks!
