diff -rubB gtk+-1.2.6-old/gtk/gtkfilesel.c gtk+-1.2.6/gtk/gtkfilesel.c
--- gtk+-1.2.6-old/gtk/gtkfilesel.c	Thu Oct  7 12:26:25 1999
+++ gtk+-1.2.6/gtk/gtkfilesel.c	Wed Sep 13 21:44:13 2000
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@
 static void gtk_file_selection_create_dir (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data);
 static void gtk_file_selection_delete_file (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data);
 static void gtk_file_selection_rename_file (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data);
+static void gtk_file_selection_home (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data);
 
 
 
@@ -567,6 +568,17 @@
       gtk_widget_show (filesel->fileop_ren_file);
     }
 
+  if (!filesel->fileop_home)
+    {
+      filesel->fileop_home = gtk_button_new_with_label (_("Home"));
+      gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (filesel->fileop_home), "clicked",
+			  (GtkSignalFunc) gtk_file_selection_home, 
+			  (gpointer) filesel);
+      gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (filesel->button_area), 
+			  filesel->fileop_home, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+      gtk_widget_show (filesel->fileop_home);
+    }
+
   gtk_widget_queue_resize(GTK_WIDGET(filesel));
 }
 
@@ -576,6 +588,11 @@
   g_return_if_fail (filesel != NULL);
   g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_FILE_SELECTION (filesel));
     
+  if (filesel->fileop_home)
+    {
+      gtk_widget_destroy (filesel->fileop_home);
+      filesel->fileop_home = NULL;
+    }
   if (filesel->fileop_ren_file) 
     {
       gtk_widget_destroy (filesel->fileop_ren_file);
@@ -1081,6 +1099,28 @@
   gtk_widget_show (dialog);
 }
 
+
+static void
+gtk_file_selection_home (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
+{
+  GtkFileSelection *fs = data;
+  char *home_dir = getenv("HOME");
+
+  g_return_if_fail (fs != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_FILE_SELECTION (fs));
+
+  if (home_dir == NULL) {
+    /* Pop up error dialog */
+    gtk_file_selection_fileop_error (fs, "No home directory found.");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  home_dir = g_strconcat(home_dir, "/", NULL);
+
+  gtk_file_selection_populate (fs, home_dir, FALSE);
+
+  g_free(home_dir); /* Does gtk_file_selection_populate keep it? */
+}
 
 static gint
 gtk_file_selection_key_press (GtkWidget   *widget,
diff -rubB gtk+-1.2.6-old/gtk/gtkfilesel.h gtk+-1.2.6/gtk/gtkfilesel.h
--- gtk+-1.2.6-old/gtk/gtkfilesel.h	Wed Feb 24 04:15:08 1999
+++ gtk+-1.2.6/gtk/gtkfilesel.h	Wed Sep 13 21:12:53 2000
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
   GtkWidget *button_area;
   GtkWidget *action_area;
   
+  GtkWidget *fileop_home;
 };
 
 struct _GtkFileSelectionClass