tk_chooseDirectory(3tk) Tk Built-In Commands tk_chooseDirectory(3tk)
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NAME
tk_chooseDirectory - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a di-
rectory.
SYNOPSIS
tk_chooseDirectory ?option value ...?
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DESCRIPTION
The procedure tk_chooseDirectory pops up a dialog box for the user to
select a directory. The following option-value pairs are possible as
command line arguments:
-command string
Specifies the prefix of a Tcl command to invoke when the user
closes the dialog after having selected an item. This callback
is not called if the user cancelled the dialog. The actual com-
mand consists of string followed by a space and the value se-
lected by the user in the dialog. This is only available on Mac
OS X.
-initialdir dirname
Specifies that the directories in directory should be displayed
when the dialog pops up. If this parameter is not specified, the
initial directory defaults to the current working directory on
non-Windows systems and on Windows systems prior to Vista. On
Vista and later systems, the initial directory defaults to the
last user-selected directory for the application. If the parame-
ter specifies a relative path, the return value will convert the
relative path to an absolute path.
-message string
Specifies a message to include in the client area of the dialog.
This is only available on Mac OS X.
-mustexist boolean
Specifies whether the user may specify non-existent directories.
If this parameter is true, then the user may only select direc-
tories that already exist. The default value is false.
-parent window
Makes window the logical parent of the dialog. The dialog is
displayed on top of its parent window. On Mac OS X, this turns
the file dialog into a sheet attached to the parent window.
-title titleString
Specifies a string to display as the title of the dialog box. If
this option is not specified, then a default title will be dis-
played.
EXAMPLE
set dir [tk_chooseDirectory \
-initialdir ~ -title "Choose a directory"]
if {$dir eq ""} {
label .l -text "No directory selected"
} else {
label .l -text "Selected $dir"
}
SEE ALSO
tk_getOpenFile(3tk), tk_getSaveFile(3tk)
KEYWORDS
directory, selection, dialog, platform-specific
Tk 8.3 tk_chooseDirectory(3tk)
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