---
name: "fileselectiondialog"
section: "3iwidgets"
platform: "linux"
package: "iwidgets3.1-doc"
version: "3.1.0-9"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fileselectiondialog"
---

# fileselectiondialog(3iwidgets)

Create and manipulate a file selection dialog widget

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## NAME

fileselectiondialog - Create and manipulate a file selection dialog widget

## SYNOPSIS

**fileselectiondialog** *pathName* ?*options*?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Toplevel \<- Shell \<- Dialogshell \<- Dialog \<- Fileselectiondialog

## STANDARD OPTIONS

```
activeBackground	background	borderWidth	cursor
foreground	highlightColor	highlightThickness	insertBackground
insertBorderWidth	insertOffTime	insertOnTime	insertWidth
selectBackground	selectBorderWidth	selectForeground
```

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

```
textBackground	textFont
```

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

```
childSitePos	directory	dirsLabel	dirSearchCommand
dirsOn	filesLabel	filesLabelOn	fileSearchCommand
filesOn	fileType	filterLabel	filterOn
invalid	mask	noMatchString	selectionLabel
selectionOn
```

See the "fileselectionbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

```
labelFont
```

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

```
textBackground	textFont
```

See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

```
activeRelief	elementBorderWidth	jump	troughColor
```

See the "scrollbar" widget class manual entry for details on the above associated options.

## INHERITED OPTIONS

```
buttonBoxPadX	buttonBoxPadY	buttonBoxPos	padX
padY	separator	thickness
```

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

```
height	master	modality	width
```

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

```
title
```

See the "Toplevel" widget  manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

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## DESCRIPTION

The **fileselectiondialog** command creates a file selection dialog  similar to the OSF/Motif standard composite widget.  The fileselectiondialog is derived from the Dialog class and is composed of  a FileSelectionBox with attributes set to manipulate the dialog buttons.

## METHODS

The **fileselectiondialog** command creates a new Tcl command whose name is *pathName*.  This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget.  It has the following general form:

```

pathName option ?arg arg ...?
```

*Option* and the *arg*s determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following commands are possible for fileselectiondialog widgets:

## ASSOCIATED METHODS

```
get	childsite	filter
```

See the "fileselectionbox" class manual entry for details on the  associated methods.

## INHERITED METHODS

```
add	buttonconfigure	default	hide
insert	invoke	show
```

See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

```
activate	center	deactivate
```

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

- *pathName* **cget** *option*

  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by *option*. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by  the **fileselectiondialog** command.

- *pathName* **configure** ?*option*? ?*value option value ...*?

  Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no *option* is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for *pathName* (see **Tk\_ConfigureInfo** for information on the format of this list).  If *option* is specified with no *value*, then the command returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no *option* is specified).  If one or more *option-value* pairs are specified, then the command modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s);  in this case the command returns an empty string. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by  the **fileselectiondialog** command.

## COMPONENTS

```
Name:	fsb
Class:	Fileselectionbox
```

-

  The fsb component is the file selection box for the file selection dialog. See the "fileselectionbox" widget manual entry for details on the fsb component item.

## EXAMPLE

```

 #
 # Non-modal example
 #
 proc okCallback {} {
     puts "You selected [.nmfsd get]"
     .nmfsd deactivate
 }
 fileselectiondialog .nmfsd -title Non-Modal
 .nmfsd buttonconfigure OK -command okCallback
 .nmfsd activate
 #
 # Modal example
 #
 fileselectiondialog .mfsd -modality application
 .mfsd center
 if {[.mfsd activate]} {
     puts "You selected [.mfsd get]"
 } else {
     puts "You cancelled the dialog"
 }
```

## AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

## KEYWORDS

fileselectiondialog, fileselectionbox, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget