wx.DirDialog

Inheritance diagram for wx.DirDialog:

Description

This class represents the directory chooser dialog.

Note

on Windows the new directory button is only available with recent versions of the common dialogs.

See also

wx.FileDialog

Derived From

• wx.Dialog
• wx.Window
• wx.EvtHandler
• wx.Object

Window Styles

Window Style	Description
wx.DD_DEFAULT_STYLE	Equivalent to a combination of wx.DEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE and wx.RESIZE_BORDER (the last one is not used under wxWinCE).
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.

Methods Summary

• __init__
• GetMessage
• GetPath
• SetMessage
• SetPath
• ShowModal

Properties Summary

• Message
• Path

Class API

Methods

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

Constructor. Use ShowModal method to show the dialog.

Parameters:

• parent (wx.Window)
• message (string)
• defaultPath (string)
• style (long)
• pos (wx.Point)
• size (wx.Size)
• name (string)

Returns:

wx.DirDialog

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GetMessage()

Returns the message that will be displayed on the dialog.

Returns:

string

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GetPath()

Returns the default or user-selected path.

Returns:

string

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SetMessage(message)

Sets the message that will be displayed on the dialog.

Parameters:

• message (string)

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SetPath(path)

Sets the default path.

Parameters:

• path (string)

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ShowModal()

Shows the dialog, returning one of wx.ID_OK or wx.ID_CANCEL.

Returns:

int

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Properties

Message

See GetMessage and SetMessage

Path

See GetPath and SetPath