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defining the default directory in FileNameSetter

POSTED BY: Matty Mookerjee
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Henrik

Yes, that works. Actually, it works better because the user, if they decide to type the file name, no longer has to put it in quotation marks (which they often forget to do).

I was really stuck on it having to be an option in FileNameSetter; I didn't think about how I could change something in the DialogInput.

Thank you so much.

Matty
POSTED BY: Matty Mookerjee

Is it this you are looking for?

DialogInput[{filename = FileNameJoin[{$HomeDirectory, "Desktop"}]}, 
 Column[{"Either type your file name (in quotation marks and with the \
file extension) or browse for your file:", 
   InputField[Dynamic[filename], String, 
    FieldHint -> "Enter your file name"], 
   FileNameSetter[Dynamic[filename], 
    "Open", {"text files" -> {"*.txt"}}, Method -> "Preemptive"], 
   DefaultButton[DialogReturn[filename]]}]]

Henrik
POSTED BY: Henrik Schachner
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