I am trying to select a file by using open_dialog() instead of defining the path of the file. However, after the prompt window is opened and I navigate to the file, I cannot really select it and the prompt window is not closed. Any further issues I need to do on the below MWE code? using Gtk #file …

It works well with Julia 1.7 Win10, Gtk v1.1.9: once a file is selected in the dialog window and the Open button hit, the window closes. NB: not an issue but open("$file") does the same as open(file)

I see. thank you very much. I am using VS code with julia v1.4.2 at win 11, and after I select the file and hit the open button, nothing is done. any recommendation to solve it?

Yes, I would recommend using the NatifeFileDialog.jl package if all you need is a file dialog.

@stevengj Thank you. I have tried NativeFileDialog and it works in my case. I have further issue that if I need to add a basic directory to the pick_file() such as I want the prompt window to open at first at this directory ““C:/Users/…”. Do you know what should I do? I used the below, but it gave…

[image] Amro: pick_file(path="C:/Users/"; filterlist="txt;net"); path isn’t a keyword argument, so you don’t give it a name when calling the function. Try pick_file("C:/Users/"; filterlist="txt;net")

@stevengj I used pick_file("C:/Users/"; filterlist="txt;net") and it gave me the below error ERROR: LoadError: Error creating ShellItem Stacktrace: [1] error(s::String) @ Base .\error.jl:33 [2] pick_file(path::String; filterlist::String) @ NativeFileDialog C:\Users\amroa\.julia\packages\Na…

Looks like an error coming from the underlying C library nativefiledialog … maybe it doesn’t like how you are specifying the path? e.g. try raw"C:\Users" … you could also try filing an issue at https://github.com/Suavesito-Olimpiada/NativeFileDialog.jl

How to choose a file by open_dialog prompt?

General Usage

rafael.guerra November 8, 2021, 4:18pm 4

No idea if this is a new Win11 feature or something else.
You could try using one the alternative methods presented in this thread.

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