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Add a button to file open dialog to convert backslashes to forward slashes

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#6,932 opened on Aug 2, 2019

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Description

As noted in #5051 and #5626, windows users would sometimes like to type in paths that have backslashes in them. For example, a windows user might get such a path from an error message in the kernel, or from some other file browser in the operating system. It can be annoying for a windows user to convert a backslash-delimited path to the forward-slash delimited path JupyterLab (and the Jupyter server) expects.

One idea that came up in #5626 is a button in the file open dialog that simply replaces backslashes with forward slashes in the textbox. That way a user can easily normalize their path right in that dialog. Perhaps the button is only active if we detect a backslash in the path.

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Locate the file open dialog component in the JupyterLab source code. Add a button that, when clicked, replaces backslashes with forward slashes in the path input field. Ensure the button is only visible when backslashes are present. Test the functionality.
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