saveWidget is not working when saving in a different folder from the current working directory

[lucazav]

All is explained into the code:

nodes <- data.frame(id = 1:3)
edges <- data.frame(from = c(1,2), to = c(1,3))
net <- visNetwork(nodes, edges, main = "visNetwork minimal example")

# in this way the 'net_1_files' folder will be generated
setwd("c:/")
htmlwidgets::saveWidget(net, file="c:/temp/net_1.html", selfcontained = T)

# in this way the 'net_1_files' folder will NOT be generated, as expected
setwd("c:/temp")
htmlwidgets::saveWidget(net, file="c:/temp/net_1.html", selfcontained = T)

[bfgray3]

I ran into a similar issue when trying to save a file in a subdirectory of the current working directory, with saveWidget throwing the following error:

Error in normalizePath(basepath, "/", TRUE) : 
  path[1]="foo": No such file or directory

Using normalizePath myself on the path I'm passing to the function solved the problem, but it would be convenient if saveWidget could handle this path expansion by itself.

[versipellis]

Been happening since February #299

[Ruismart]

that's right, me too, have to save in current working dir, then move to anywhere u like, or 'selfcontained = T' wouldn't work. but it's not a big deal~