Gedit "Save As" points to / directory instead of user's home directory

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When using "Save As" to save a file with Gedit, the default location is the / directory instead of the user's home directory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4
  • gedit-3.22.0-3.el7.x86_64

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