code: def chdir(self, directory, browsing_history=False,
                refresh_explorer=True, refresh_console=True):
          
          if directory:
              directory = osp.abspath(to_text_string(directory))
  
          # Working directory history management
          if browsing_history:
              directory = self.history[self.histindex]
          elif directory in self.history:
              self.histindex = self.history.index(directory)
          else:
              if self.histindex is None:
                  self.history = []
              else:
                  self.history = self.history[:self.histindex+1]
              self.history.append(directory)
              self.histindex = len(self.history)-1
          
          # Changing working directory
          try:
              os.chdir(directory)
              if refresh_explorer:
                  self.set_explorer_cwd.emit(directory)
              if refresh_console:
                  self.set_current_console_wd.emit(directory)
              self.refresh_findinfiles.emit()
          except OSError:
              self.history.pop(self.histindex)
          self.refresh_plugin()
docs: Set directory as working directory