Several programs cause unwanted directory changes when run on the terminal, most notably "man". Other programs may change the active directory to something like /usr/bin/. Upon closing the program, the file browser resets to the previous directory. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the terminal panel 2. Start "man" 3. Directory is changed to /usr/share/man/[locale]/ Might be related to Bug 314038.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 305085 ***