Wrong directory added as share

Are you saying that when you open the select folder dialog and migrate to /user and select the foo folder so that it's highlighted (but not navigating into it), that it ends up adding /user to the share? Normally what I do is migrate to be inside the folder (e.g. /user/foo) I want to add then choose Open. However, I can see how making the distinction between being in /user with no subfolders selected should add /user but being in /user and highlighting foo should add /user/share.

No I'm in /user/foo or /user/foo/bar/spam/eggs and it add /user anyway.

Video of what I'm talking about

I definitely don't see that issue on my machine. What version of GTK+? I'm using 2.24.8. The only way this could happen is if there's a bug in GTK+ or the path you are selecting may have some difficulty converting it to UTF-8 (non-ASCII chars, for example).

2.24.11 and the path doesn't have ASCII chars. May indeed be an upstream bug

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=145796

Here is a little workaround for those who haven't it figured out already:
1. close linuxdcpp
2. open the file /home/user/.dc++/DCPlusPlus.xml and enter manualy your shared folders at the bottom of the file. It should look like this:
 </Settings>
 <Share>
  <Directory Virtual="sharename">/path/to/the/share/</Directory>
 </Share>
</DCPlusPlus>
3. !!!change the permission of the file to read only (f.e. by right-clicking the file -> properties -> permissions)!!!
4. start linuxdcpp - that's it

You may notice that linuxdcpp changes the permissions after it has started...so if you want to add some folders again you may have to do the same steps as above ;-)

It seems that the matter in libgtk2.0-0 (2.24.13). Downgrade to =<libgtk2.0-0 (2.24.09) or using gtk3-clients solves this problem.
Eiskaltdcpp-gtk doesn't work, but eiskaltdcpp-gtk3 works fine.

Ubuntu 12.10_64:
~$ dpkg -l libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0
...
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii libgtk-3-0:amd 3.6.0-0ubunt amd64 GTK+ graphical user interface lib
ii libgtk2.0-0:am 2.24.13-0ubu amd64 GTK+ graphical user interface lib

Some people report that this bug doesn't confirmed on Ubuntu raring i386 with libgtk2.0-0 (2.24.13-0ubuntu2):
http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=204754.0 (in Russian)

I'm running Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon and i'm experiencing the same issue. I'm currently using the xml file to add shares.

I can confirm the bug. I am running current ArchLinux (KDE) and tried both, linuxdcpp stable and current bzr.

Also when I try to download a file to any location, it always gets downloaded to $HOME.

gtk2-version: 2.24.14-1 (64 and 32 bit installed)
In the ArchLinux forum, it seems confirmed, that it works with gtk2 <= 2.24.9.

I can confirm it works again with gtk2-2.24.9 ... so we maybe file a bug against gtk2? Can any of the dc++ developers confirm that the bug is in gtk2 and not it's usage?

Bug is confirmed to be a duplicate of GTK+ bug 691040. Nothing to fix in LinuxDC++. Just have to either wait for a GTK+ fix or upgrade to GTK+ 3.x.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691040

And by upgrade I mean the code, not user's libraries.

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+3.0 - 3.8.2-0ubuntu1

---------------
gtk+3.0 (3.8.2-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  * New version update:
    - includes fix for wayland backend segfault (lp: #1113424)
    - don't use tick mark instead of apostrophe (lp: #896986)
    - we now support touch friendly popups on entries and text views
      in place of context menus, on touch devices
    - The print dialog now shows printers that are discovered
      using avahi (lp: #1082519)
    - File chooser dialog doesn't provide network access (lp: #304345)
    - selection is reported incorrectly in file chooser button (lp: #1041546)
  * debian/libgtk-3-0.symbols:
    - new version update
  * debian/patches/git_color_annotation_fix.patch,
    debian/patches/git_cssimage_load_when_needed.patch,
    debian/patches/git_dont_duplicate_bookmark.patch:
    - dropped, those fixes are in the new version
  * debian/patches/102_add_wayland_symbols.patch:
    - updated for new symbols

gtk+3.0 (3.7.12-1) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Sjoerd Simons ]
  * debian/patches/80_Fix-DND-with-frame-sync.patch:
    + Added. Temporary fix for DND when using mutter with the frame sync
    protocol (from upstream git, bgo#694217).

  [ Emilio Pozuelo Monfort ]
  * New upstream release.
    + debian/patches/*:
      - Refreshed.
    + debian/patches/80_Fix-DND-with-frame-sync.patch:
      - Removed, included upstream.
    + debian/libgtk-3-0.symbols:
      - Updated for new symbols.

gtk+3.0 (3.7.10-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    + debian/control.in:
      - Update build dependencies.
    + debian/patches:
      - Refreshed.
    + debian/libgtk-3-0.symbols:
      - Updated for the new symbols.
    + debian/gtk-3-examples.install:
      - Stop installing gtk3-demo files, no longer needed.
    + debian/patches/030_tests_skip_filechooser.patch:
      - New patch: skip filechooser tests as they are not designed to
        be run without gtk+ installed.
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:29:19 +0100

Marking as invalid since there is nothing to fix in linuxdcpp and no way to mark as duplicate of a GTK+ bugzilla bug. The fix for GTK+ is now available in 2.24.18. Upgrade and retry.