Selecting a file using TSelectDirectoryDialog
lazarus / 31-LCL

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Relativity · 2015-08-11 13:09

I would like to offer the user the possibility to choose a file to
open having an overview of the directory-tree, therefore I was
thinking of using TSelectDirectoryDialog.
I have tested it and it seems that it lets you only select a directory
and no file.

Isn't it possible to select also a file in the chosen directory ?
Should I maybe call TOpenDialog upon closing TSelectDirectoryDialog,
passing to TOpenDialog the chosen directory, so that the user can then
choose the file through TOpenDialog having the chosen directory preset
?

I see that TSelectDirectoryDialog is actually a daughter of
TOpenDialog and I was wondering whether TSelectDirectoryDialog
inherits the TOpenDialog's capabilities, hence making also possible to
choose a file.

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Bart · 2015-08-11 13:22

The standard TOpenDialog on most wigdgetsets has an easy way of
browsing the directory tree.
Just use that for opening files. It was made for it, and users expect
this behaviour.

Bart

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Relativity · 2015-08-11 13:29

Bart, you are right.
Thank you very much.