{"id":272,"date":"2008-11-03T07:53:31","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T12:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/desktop\/2008\/11\/03\/meet-the-new-current-directory-navigation-bar\/"},"modified":"2008-11-03T07:53:31","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T12:53:31","slug":"meet-the-new-current-directory-navigation-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/community\/2008\/11\/03\/meet-the-new-current-directory-navigation-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the new Current Directory navigation bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Address Bar in the Current Directory Browser provides many point and click ways to navigate around your MATLAB file folders.  The MATLAB current folder location is displayed as a series of buttons (or breadcrumbs) representing each subfolder in the path.  This enables single-click transitions between folders above your current location.  <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_1_small.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Instead of traditional slashes between folders in the path, there are drop-down menus displaying subfolders at each level.  Select a subfolder to navigate to (notice the current location is in bold).<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_2_small.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Use the Forward and Back buttons to jump to previously viewed directories.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_3_small.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Select an entry on the history drop-down for quick transition to a recent folder location.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_4_small.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Or, if you enjoy typing, click on white space in the address bar to convert the display into a regular old backslash-separated pathname for editing and viewing.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/desktop\/lori_tavis_point_and_click_navigation\/point_and_click_5_small.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Whether you are veteran or a newbie we think the new Current Directory navigation will enhance your file navigation experience. It has the best of both worlds &#8211; it&#8217;s easy to visually navigate, and it&#8217;s easy to manually enter a path.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Address Bar in the Current Directory Browser provides many point and click ways to navigate around your MATLAB file folders.  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