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<p dir="auto">but it actually requires an extra click from the user to open the directory dialog anyway</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Its a pity we can't change the name of the open dialog to "Select project base directory" and go straight there, or maybe we can if a FileChooserWidget is embedded in the first dialog?</p>
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<p dir="auto">there has to be some initial value in the base path entry</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><code>Edit->Preferences->General->Startup->Paths: Project files</code> I would have thought.</p>

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