# Choose a file interactively

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choose-a-file-interactively/10910>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 15, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choose-a-file-interactively/10910 "2018-05-15T14:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobias.knopp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tobias.knopp/32/7551_2.png) [@tobias.knopp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tobias.knopp)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choose-a-file-interactively/10910/3 "2018-05-15T14:23:45Z")

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```julia
julia> using Gtk
julia> filename = open_dialog("My Open dialog")

```

thats it.

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