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type="topic"
id="file-selection">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#dialogs"/>
<desc>Use the <cmd>--file-selection</cmd> option.</desc>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</info>
<title>File Selection Dialog</title>
<p>
Use the <cmd>--file-selection</cmd> option to create a file selection dialog. <app>Zenity</app> returns the selected files or directories to standard
output. The default mode of the file selection dialog is open.
</p>
<p>
The file selection dialog supports the following options:
</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title><cmd>--filename</cmd>=<var>filename</var></title>
<p>Specifies the file or directory that is selected in the file selection dialog when the dialog is first shown.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--multiple</cmd></title>
<p>Allows the selection of multiple filenames in the file selection dialog.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--directory</cmd></title>
<p>Allows only selection of directories in the file selection dialog.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--save</cmd></title>
<p>Set the file selection dialog into save mode.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--separator</cmd>=<var>separator</var></title>
<p>Specifies the string that is used to divide the returned list of filenames.</p>
</item>
</terms>
<p>
The following example script shows how to create a file selection dialog:
</p>
<code>
#!/bin/sh
FILE=`zenity --file-selection --title="Select a File"`
case $? in
0)
echo "\"$FILE\" selected.";;
1)
echo "No file selected.";;
-1)
echo "An unexpected error has occurred.";;
esac
</code>
<figure>
<title>File Selection Dialog Example</title>
<desc><app>Zenity</app> file selection dialog example</desc>
<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-fileselection-screenshot.png"/>
</figure>
</page>
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