How to go change working directory in file-explorer UI in Google Colab?

Question

So Google Colab has a file-explorer UI pane to the left side.

How do you change the file-explorer on the left in Google Colab to just "go down" into a folder?!?!?!?!?!?!

Or, how do you change the working directory in the file-explorer UI in Google Colab?!?!?!?!?

There doesn't seem to be any relevant buttons or menu options.

Nothing happens when I try to run the console command !cd /content. I've seen this and this answer. When I run %cd /content, the working directory in the console gets changed, but it seems that that has nothing to do with the file explorer.

Here's an example. Say that I accidentally click this button...

Now, my working directory is severely bogged, and it's not at all obvious that my previous directory was in /content/.

How do I change it back?

No effect for me. I should clarify that I am able to access the child files. — phlaxyr, Sep 03 '21 at 04:09
No. I should clarify that I can access the child files, but I can't change the largest directory. Although I guess you could always restart the runtime. (But then again you lose all the stuff in memory) — phlaxyr, Sep 23 '21 at 04:11

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 18 '22 at 01:09

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Refreshing the page works for me.

edited Nov 18 '22 at 01:09

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answered Nov 14 '22 at 21:35

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How to go change working directory in file-explorer UI in Google Colab?

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