Remember directory when loading workflows from disk

[poautran]

In GitLab by @woutdenolf on Oct 9, 2024, 19:11 GMT+2:

Migrated from GitLab: https://gitlab.esrf.fr/workflow/ewoks/ewoksweb/-/issues/277

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In GitLab by @loichuder on Nov 15, 2024, 14:55 GMT+1:

I am not sure this is possible. Unlike Qt, in JS, you have very limited access to the file system.

@axelboc what do you think ?

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In GitLab by @axelboc on Nov 18, 2024, 09:00 GMT+1:

From what I gather, you can either:

• Provide an ID to showOpenFilePicker so that any subsequent file picker opens in the same directory as the first.
• Store the return value of showOpenFilePicker and pass that to the next call with startIn (with the same purpose as above).
• Pass a "well-known" directory to startIn like "documents", "desktop", etc.

I don't think any of these would remember the directory across browser sessions or even tabs, but to be tested.

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In GitLab by @loichuder on Nov 18, 2024, 09:03 GMT+1:

But you have to use the experimental showOpenFilePicker instead of <input type='file'> right ?

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In GitLab by @axelboc on Nov 18, 2024, 09:19 GMT+1:

Ah yeah, thought it was better supported than that...