Class OpenDialog

The Open Dialog provides an interactive dialog box for users to select files or directories.

Inheritance
System.Object
Responder
View
Toplevel
Window
Dialog
FileDialog
OpenDialog
Inherited Members
Namespace: Terminal.Gui
Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll
Syntax
public class OpenDialog : Terminal.Gui.FileDialog
Remarks

The open dialog can be used to select files for opening, it can be configured to allow multiple items to be selected (based on the AllowsMultipleSelection) variable and you can control whether this should allow files or directories to be selected.

To use it, create an instance of the OpenDialog, configure its properties, and then call Application.Run on the resulting instance. This will run the dialog modally, and when this returns, the list of filds will be available on the FilePaths property.

To select more than one file, users can use the spacebar, or control-t.

Constructors

OpenDialog(ustring, ustring)

Declaration
public OpenDialog (NStack.ustring title, NStack.ustring message);
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring title

To be added.
NStack.ustring message

To be added.

Properties

AllowsMultipleSelection

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this OpenDialog allows multiple selection.

Declaration
public bool AllowsMultipleSelection { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

true if allows multiple selection; otherwise, false, defaults to false.

CanChooseDirectories

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this OpenDialog can choose directories.

Declaration
public bool CanChooseDirectories { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

true if can choose directories; otherwise, false defaults to false.

CanChooseFiles

Gets or sets a value indicating whether this OpenDialog can choose files.

Declaration
public bool CanChooseFiles { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

true if can choose files; otherwise, false. Defaults to true

FilePaths

Returns the selected files, or an empty list if nothing has been selected

Declaration
public System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<string> FilePaths { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyList<System.String>

The file paths.