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Setting Folder as Current Working Directory

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I’m always frustrated when I just had started a new session and when navigating on files I click by accident on Up one level. It is very helpful to be able to navigate up on the directories and see all folders listed on the root directory /. The frustration is not being able to go back and having the folders and files listed as /content/ was the current working directory.

Describe the solution you’d like I would like to, when right-click on a folder, have the option to either open or set as working directory so that the visualization on the file explorer only shows the content under that folder.

Not necessary I need the folder to be set as working directory on the sense of simplifying the path for open files with python. I am more concerned with the visualization on the file explorer. If both are doable, even better!

Describe alternatives you’ve considered I have no current alternative, other than Factory reset runtime.

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Created 2 years ago
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Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

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buyudtxcommented, Sep 28, 2021

click the “%cd /content/” in a cell ,which makes me return the content folder

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colaboratory-teamcommented, Mar 24, 2022

Internal tracking bug: b/226596589

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