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8084 :: NiGui can't set start directory for SelectDirectoryDialog

• IvanS (orginal) [2021-06-04T22:40:50+02:00] view original

  I can't seem to find how to make NiGui to start in a preset directory for SelectDirectoryDialog

  For OpenFileDialog this works, but for SelectDirectoryDialog, it always starts at desktop level (Windows 10). There are no compile errors and it's compiled with nim c -r test.nim

  Is there something wrong the code ? I got it from the NiGui examples, edited slightly (threw out save dialog)

  I'm fairly new to Nim

  # This example shows how to use the Open File and Save File As dialogs.
  
  import nigui
  
  app.init()
  
  var window = newWindow()
  var mainContainer = newLayoutContainer(Layout_Vertical)
  window.add(mainContainer)
  
  var buttons = newLayoutContainer(Layout_Horizontal)
  mainContainer.add(buttons)
  
  var textArea = newTextArea()
  mainContainer.add(textArea)
  
  var button1 = newButton("Open ...")
  buttons.add(button1)
  button1.onClick = proc(event: ClickEvent) =
    var dialog = newOpenFileDialog()
    dialog.title = "Test Open"
    dialog.multiple = true
    
    # dialog.directory = ""
    dialog.directory = "D:\\Software"
    dialog.run()
    textArea.addLine($dialog.files.len & " files selected")
    if dialog.files.len > 0:
      for file in dialog.files:
        textArea.addLine(file)
  
  
  var button2 = newButton("Select Directory ...")
  buttons.add(button2)
  button2.onClick = proc(event: ClickEvent) =
    var dialog = SelectDirectoryDialog()
    dialog.title = "Test Select Directory"
    dialog.startdirectory = "C:\\Users"
    
    # see if it is set properly
    echo "startdirectory: ", dialog.startdirectory
    
    dialog.run()
    if dialog.selectedDirectory == "":
      textArea.addLine("No directory selected")
    else:
      textArea.addLine(dialog.selectedDirectory)
  
  window.show()
  app.run()
  Run

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