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phoenix_title wx.DirDialog

This class represents the directory chooser dialog.

styles Window Styles

This class supports the following styles:

  • wx.DD_DEFAULT_STYLE: Equivalent to a combination of wx.DEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE and wx.RESIZE_BORDER (the last one is not used under WinCE).
  • wx.DD_DIR_MUST_EXIST: The dialog will allow the user to choose only an existing folder. When this style is not given, a “Create new directory” button is added to the dialog (on Windows) or some other way is provided to the user to type the name of a new folder.
  • wx.DD_CHANGE_DIR: Change the current working directory to the directory chosen by the user.
Notice that

RESIZE_BORDER has special side effect under recent (i.e. later than Win9x) Windows where two different directory selection dialogs are available and this style also implicitly selects the new version as the old one always has fixed size. As the new version is almost always preferable, it is recommended that RESIZE_BORDER style be always used. This is the case if the dialog is created with the default style value but if you need to use any additional styles you should still specify DD_DEFAULT_STYLE unless you explicitly need to use the old dialog version under Windows. E.g. do

dlg = wx.DirDialog (None, "Choose input directory", "",
                    wx.DD_DEFAULT_STYLE | wx.DD_DIR_MUST_EXIST)

instead of just using DD_DIR_MUST_EXIST style alone.


class_hierarchy Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class DirDialog:


method_summary Methods Summary

__init__ Constructor.
GetMessage Returns the message that will be displayed on the dialog.
GetPath Returns the default or user-selected path.
SetMessage Sets the message that will be displayed on the dialog.
SetPath Sets the default path.
ShowModal Shows the dialog, returning wx.ID_OK if the user pressed wx.OK, and wx.ID_CANCEL otherwise.

property_summary Properties Summary

Message See GetMessage and SetMessage
Path See GetPath and SetPath

api Class API



class wx.DirDialog(Dialog)

Possible constructors:

DirDialog(parent, message=DirSelectorPromptStr, defaultPath="",
          style=DD_DEFAULT_STYLE, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize,
          name=DirDialogNameStr)

This class represents the directory chooser dialog.


Methods



__init__(self, parent, message=DirSelectorPromptStr, defaultPath="", style=DD_DEFAULT_STYLE, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, name=DirDialogNameStr)

Constructor.

Use ShowModal to show the dialog.

Parameters:
  • parent (wx.Window) – Parent window.
  • message (string) – Message to show on the dialog.
  • defaultPath (string) – The default path, or the empty string.
  • style (long) – The dialog style. See wx.DirDialog
  • pos (wx.Point) – Dialog position. Ignored under Windows.
  • size (wx.Size) – Dialog size. Ignored under Windows.
  • name (string) – The dialog name, not used.


GetMessage(self)

Returns the message that will be displayed on the dialog.

Return type:string


GetPath(self)

Returns the default or user-selected path.

Return type:string


SetMessage(self, message)

Sets the message that will be displayed on the dialog.

Parameters:message (string) –


SetPath(self, path)

Sets the default path.

Parameters:path (string) –


ShowModal(self)

Shows the dialog, returning wx.ID_OK if the user pressed wx.OK, and wx.ID_CANCEL otherwise.

Return type:int

Properties



Message

See GetMessage and SetMessage



Path

See GetPath and SetPath