X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/1b941f2d3143c1205fc7c5b01bd254781db728b3..fd359806233566c07d5191d5d1038f30799cffb3:/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp

diff --git a/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp b/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp
index 7a5d5a8d36..791b3a97a0 100644
--- a/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/dirctrlg.cpp
@@ -551,8 +551,19 @@ bool wxGenericDirCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     ExpandDir(m_rootId); // automatically expand first level
 
     // Expand and select the default path
-    if (!m_defaultPath.IsEmpty())
+    if (!m_defaultPath.empty())
+    {
         ExpandPath(m_defaultPath);
+    }
+#ifdef __UNIX__
+    else
+    {
+        // On Unix, there's only one node under the (hidden) root node. It
+        // represents the / path, so the user would always have to expand it;
+        // let's do it ourselves
+        ExpandPath(wxT("/"));
+    }
+#endif
 
     SetBestSize(size);
     DoResize();