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Path field

This field shows the current directories path.

Path field menu functions

The path field has its own popup menu, which is activated by pressing the middle button (or the right button, if you own a 2-button mouse).
This menu provides functions concerning the current path:
copy path
copy the current pathname into the cut & paste buffer. This is useful if you want to paste the full pathname into some other textview or workspace.

back
change back to the previous directory.

up
change to the parent directory. This has the same effect as double-clicking on the ".." entry.

change to home dir
change to your home directory.

change directory
opens a box to enter the name of a directory to change to. The box performs filename completion with the TAB key. Notice, that all fileBrowsers keep a common history of already visited directories; therefore, you do not have to enter recently used names again.

history list
The last menu entries allow a quick change back to recently visited directories. To avoid ever growing menus, only the last few directories are shown in the history list.