Re: Folder hierarchies in dialog boxes

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From: Shirley Kehr
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 14:56

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In article <686@salgado.stan.UUCP> dce@stan.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
<When a file open dialog box comes up, it seems to always be set to the
<last folder I opened a dialog box for, or the directory in which the
<application executed resides, even if I execute the application by
<double-clicking on an associated file icon in another directory.  It's
<really annoying to start an application and have to move up 3 or 4
<folders and then down 3 or 4 more just to get to the file I'm looking
<for.
 
Someone here wants to use a key command to get to the previous folder 
(we got him an extended keyboard and he quickly developed macro-mania).
I thought I read or heard about a key that let you step back up the folder
hierarchy in a dialog box, but couldn't find it. Anyone know of such a
critter?

Shirley Kehr

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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Folder hierarchies in dialog boxes
Summary: Is there a key to move around?
Message-ID: <89490@felix.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 14:56:38 GMT
References: <686@salgado.stan.UUCP>
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