hi Fred,
We currently don't have a sample to illustrate how to do this.
But, after examining your question, we can see that it may be easier to use the current design and navigate to the desired target folder, than to customize ICN to display the parent and also allow a user to pick another folder that is not located under the same parent.
The customization may need you to query all folders and it can become quite complicated. We also don't know how feasible this is from a performance point of view as well. You can raise a case to request evaluation for a feature enhancement.
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Nanda Pilaka
IBM Content Navigator Support
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