ui.dirdialog()

ui.dirdialog([title], [path])function

Displays a Windows dialog for the user to choose a directory.

Parameters

[title]

An optional string that provides a dialog title.

[path]

An optional Directory or string that indicates the folder selected when the dialog shows.

Return value

The function returns the selected folder as a Directory object or nil if the user selected none.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import ui

-- open a dialog to choose an existing folder
local dir = ui.dirdialog("Please select a folder to count its entries : ")

-- checks if a folder has been selected
if dir ~= nil then
	-- Outputs the number of the directory entries
	ui.info("The choosen folder contains "..#dir.." entries")
end