# File chooser GUI?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/file-chooser-gui/26090>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 7, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/file-chooser-gui/26090 "2019-07-07T10:29:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/file-chooser-gui/26090/1 "2019-07-07T10:29:23Z")

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Forgive me if I have asked this question already. I commonly work in the REPL and like to test new packages to read various data formats - today DICOM format, as I used to work in medial imaging.  
You have to form a filename of a sample file to open. I know this is part of the workflow, but I find it a pain when simply wanting to test something.  
Is there a file chooser GUI in Julia which I could use to return a filename and path?

I know I could run an external program if there are suggestions. For information, I use Windows and Fedora dual boot.

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/file-chooser-gui/26090/2 "2019-07-07T10:33:49Z")

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I am not aware of a package that does this cross-platform, but on Linux you can do eg

```nohighlight
zenity --file-selection

```

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/file-chooser-gui/26090/3 "2019-07-07T10:35:04Z")

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Gtk.jl does:  
[https://juliagraphics.github.io/Gtk.jl/latest/manual/filedialogs.html](https://juliagraphics.github.io/Gtk.jl/latest/manual/filedialogs.html)