diff --git a/modules/shared_options.py b/modules/shared_options.py
index 7571a7d1d..bb3752ba6 100644
--- a/modules/shared_options.py
+++ b/modules/shared_options.py
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ options_templates.update(options_section(('ui_gallery', "Gallery", "ui"), {
     "sd_webui_modal_lightbox_icon_opacity": OptionInfo(1, "Full page image viewer: control icon unfocused opacity", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0.0, "maximum": 1, "step": 0.01}, onchange=shared.reload_gradio_theme).info('for mouse only').needs_reload_ui(),
     "sd_webui_modal_lightbox_toolbar_opacity": OptionInfo(0.9, "Full page image viewer: tool bar opacity", gr.Slider, {"minimum": 0.0, "maximum": 1, "step": 0.01}, onchange=shared.reload_gradio_theme).info('for mouse only').needs_reload_ui(),
     "gallery_height": OptionInfo("", "Gallery height", gr.Textbox).info("can be any valid CSS value, for example 768px or 20em").needs_reload_ui(),
-    "button_open_image_actual_dir": OptionInfo(True, '"Open images output directory" button opens the actual directory of the image rather than the output root folder'),
-    "button_open_image_actual_dir_temp": OptionInfo(False, '"Open images output directory" button opens the actual directory even for temp images'),
+    "open_dir_button_choice": OptionInfo("Subdirectory", "What directory the [📂] button opens", gr.Radio, {"choices": ["Output Root", "Subdirectory", "Subdirectory (even temp dir)"]}),
 }))
 
 options_templates.update(options_section(('ui_alternatives', "UI alternatives", "ui"), {
diff --git a/modules/ui_common.py b/modules/ui_common.py
index 78481c6fb..cf1b8b32c 100644
--- a/modules/ui_common.py
+++ b/modules/ui_common.py
@@ -169,11 +169,9 @@ def create_output_panel(tabname, outdir, toprow=None):
             return
 
         try:
-            if shared.opts.button_open_image_actual_dir and 0 <= index < len(images):
-                image = images[index]
-                image_path = image["name"].rsplit('?', 1)[0]
-                image_dir = os.path.split(image_path)[0]
-                if shared.opts.button_open_image_actual_dir_temp or not ui_tempdir.is_gradio_temp_path(image_dir):
+            if 'Sub' in shared.opts.open_dir_button_choice:
+                image_dir = os.path.split(images[index]["name"].rsplit('?', 1)[0])[0]
+                if 'temp' in shared.opts.open_dir_button_choice or not ui_tempdir.is_gradio_temp_path(image_dir):
                     f = image_dir
         except Exception:
             pass