bonobo-file-selector-util
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LIBBONOBOUI Library

# bonobo-file-selector-util

## Synopsis

    char *              bonobo_file_selector_open           (GtkWindow *parent,
                                                             gboolean enable_vfs,
                                                             const char *title,
                                                             const char *mime_types,
                                                             const char *default_path);
    char **             bonobo_file_selector_open_multi     (GtkWindow *parent,
                                                             gboolean enable_vfs,
                                                             const char *title,
                                                             const char *mime_types,
                                                             const char *default_path);
    char *              bonobo_file_selector_save           (GtkWindow *parent,
                                                             gboolean enable_vfs,
                                                             const char *title,
                                                             const char *mime_types,
                                                             const char *default_path,
                                                             const char *default_filename);

## Description

## Details

### bonobo_file_selector_open ()

    char *              bonobo_file_selector_open           (GtkWindow *parent,
                                                             gboolean enable_vfs,
                                                             const char *title,
                                                             const char *mime_types,
                                                             const char *default_path);

Creates and shows a modal open file dialog, waiting for the user to select a file or cancel before returning.

`parent` :

  optional window the dialog should be a transient for.

`enable_vfs` :

  if FALSE, restrict files to local paths.

`title` :

  optional window title to use

`mime_types` :

  optional list of mime types to provide filters for. These are of the form: "HTML Files:text/html|Text Files:text/html,text/plain"

`default_path` :

  optional directory to start in

Returns :

  the URI (or plain file path if `enable_vfs` is FALSE) of the file selected, or NULL if cancel was pressed.

### bonobo_file_selector_open_multi ()

    char **             bonobo_file_selector_open_multi     (GtkWindow *parent,
                                                             gboolean enable_vfs,
                                                             const char *title,
                                                             const char *mime_types,
                                                             const char *default_path);

Creates and shows a modal open file dialog, waiting for the user to select a file or cancel before returning.

`parent` :

  optional window the dialog should be a transient for

`enable_vfs` :

  if FALSE, restrict files to local paths.

`title` :

  optional window title to use

`mime_types` :

  optional list of mime types to provide filters for. These are of the form: "HTML Files:text/html|Text Files:text/html,text/plain"

`default_path` :

  optional directory to start in

Returns :

  a NULL terminated string array of the selected URIs (or local file paths if `enable_vfs` is FALSE), or NULL if cancel was pressed.

### bonobo_file_selector_save ()

    char *              bonobo_file_selector_save           (GtkWindow *parent,
                                                             gboolean enable_vfs,
                                                             const char *title,
                                                             const char *mime_types,
                                                             const char *default_path,
                                                             const char *default_filename);

Creates and shows a modal save file dialog, waiting for the user to select a file or cancel before returning.

`parent` :

  optional window the dialog should be a transient for

`enable_vfs` :

  if FALSE, restrict files to local paths.

`title` :

  optional window title to use

`mime_types` :

  optional list of mime types to provide filters for. These are of the form: "HTML Files:text/html|Text Files:text/html,text/plain"

`default_path` :

  optional directory to start in

`default_filename` :

  optional file name to default to

Returns :

  the URI (or plain file path if `enable_vfs` is FALSE) of the file selected, or NULL if cancel was pressed.