elementary / elementary/files

[Feature request] Option to change the default 'Files' landing path

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Description

When Files is opened or a new tab is invoked, the actual path will be set to /home/username. It would be nice to be able to change this behavior and set the landing path to the one that suits the user the most, i.e. /home/username/Downloads.

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