bug#81559: 31.0.91; speedbar does not follow Dired and shell-dirtrack-mode

severity 81559 wishlist
thanks

> From: Daniel Mendler <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:26:41 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:40:01 +0200
> >> From: Daniel Mendler via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email protected]>
> >> 
> >> The speedbar does not follow the current shell directory, nor does it
> >> follow the current directory in Dired. In order to test:
> >> 
> >> 1. emacs -Q
> >> 2. M-x speedbar
> >> 3. M-x shell and then cd to change directories => speedbar does not follow
> >> 4. M-x dired, chose various directories => speedbar does not follow
> >
> > Did Speedbar ever react to Dired and shell directory changes?  If yes,
> > in which version of Emacs?  If it never did, this is a request for an
> > enhancement, right?  And I think the way to add such an enhancement is
> > described the node "Extending" of the Speedbar manual.
> 
> Yes, as far as I can tell, this has never worked. It is a feature
> request.

Thanks, marked it as such.  Patches welcome.