Right Folder 0.1.0

First release of Right Folder, a free, open-source menu bar app that puts Open and Save dialogs in the right folder.

Early release: the dialog handling is covered by 138 off-screen tests, but it hasn't been tried on a real Open or Save dialog yet. If the panel doesn't show up or a jump doesn't land, please open an issue.

• A panel beside every Open and Save dialog, in any app that uses the standard macOS dialogs, as sheets or windows.
• The folders open in Finder, front window first, then your favorites, then the folders you've used lately.
• One click sends the dialog there, through the dialog's own Go to Folder, the way you'd do it with ⇧⌘G.
• ⌃⌥J steps through the folders, and ⌃⌥⇧J goes back. The shortcut only exists while a dialog is open.
• Favorites you pin from the panel, the menu or a folder picker, which follow a folder when it's renamed or moved.
• iCloud Drive, external drives and network shares, named the way Finder names them. A drive that isn't plugged in, or a server you're not connected to, is marked rather than waited on.
• Turn it off in any app, pause it everywhere, or stop it remembering recent folders, which clears them.
• Private by design: Accessibility is the only permission, there are no entitlements, it has no internet access, and it never reads your files, your windows' text or what you type.

Choosing your own shortcut, a folder per app and a Developer ID signature are on the roadmap.

Install

Download Right-Folder.zip below, unzip it, and move Right Folder to Applications. The first time you open it, macOS may say it can't verify the app, because it isn't notarized. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. Then click Allow Accessibility… and switch on Right Folder in Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Details are in the README.

After each update, allow Accessibility again: select Right Folder in that list, click –, then open Right Folder and click Allow Accessibility…. macOS ties the permission to each exact build, so no other program can borrow it.

Works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Right Folder is an independent project, not affiliated with St. Clair Software. Default Folder X is a trademark of St. Clair Software.

SHA-256 of Right-Folder.zip: d6d0a1e88d7216ef9c4bc9cd972d7dbb6393d70d85d1dd73b548269086d18830