Updating the root parameter in the fileexplorer component does not change the front-end display of the file directory.

[lifeisgoodcdj]

Describe the bug

The gr.fileexplorer() object changes the root parameter when used as a callback function, but it does not actually change the root directory of the component for file searches.
I want to know how to change the root directory of gr.fileexplorer()

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Reproduction

import gradio as gr

with gr.Blocks() as app:
    objFileExplorer = gr.FileExplorer(root="/home/file_path1/", show_label=True, height=400, interactive=True)
    objButtonClear = gr.Button("clear")

    @objButtonClear.click(inputs=[objFileExplorer], outputs=[objFileExplorer])
    def fnButtonClearClick(listSelectedFiles):
        print(listSelectedFiles)
        return gr.update(root="/home/file_path2/", value="", show_label=True, height=600, interactive=False)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.queue().launch(server_name='0.0.0.0',
                       server_port=40123,
                       share=False,
                       debug=True,
                       max_threads=2,
                       )

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System Info

gradio==4.4.0

Severity

Blocking usage of gradio

[abidlabs]

Hi @lifeisgoodcdj is this still an issue in the latest version of Gradio (4.15.0)? I believe we’ve fixed it

[lifeisgoodcdj]

The issue still exists. I have tried the 4.15.0 version of gradio, but I still cannot update or switch directories actually

[abidlabs]

cc @aliabid94

[liucw2012]

i also need to update root dir ~

[freddyaboulton]

Hi @lifeisgoodcdj - the root parameter is deprecated for the FileExplorer. If you use root_dir in both the definition of objFileExplorer and gr.update it should work. If you want to use root, you can return a new instance of gr.FileExplorer in your update function.

Going to close as this seems like a corner case with a deprecated API and fixing would require adding some component specific logic to the app-level postprocessing which would not be ideal for maintainability.