[R] Use of "file.choose()" or "change working directory" tab causing stall on Mac

[Vinny Mo]

Hello,


I used to use the "file.choose()" command quite a lot, as well as the "change working directory" drop down tab as part of my workflow with R, but for over 1 year both of these actions have caused the spinning-wheel to crash R (just R, not any other program).


The issue seems to happen when the GUI pops up, and happens about 80% of the time I use either of these actions. This issue has remained constant across different computers (though all macs), different R builds, and different Mac OS's. I had asked about this issue before, and had hoped that this bug might be fixed at some point, but it has persisted.


I know I can work around this issue programmatically by typing these commands manually, but both of these features represent a nice function that R has that I'd like to continue to use as was intended. Does anyone have any idea how I might be able to get this functionality back, or if the R Gods have any thoughts about addressing this issue?

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