FileDialog

Inherits: ConfirmationDialog < AcceptDialog < WindowDialog < Popup < Control < CanvasItem < Node < Object

Dialog for selecting files or directories in the filesystem.

Description

FileDialog is a preset dialog used to choose files and directories in the filesystem. It supports filter masks. The FileDialog automatically sets its window title according to the mode. If you want to use a custom title, disable this by setting mode_overrides_title to false.

Properties

Access	access	0
String	current_dir	"res://"
String	current_file	""
String	current_path	"res://"
bool	dialog_hide_on_ok	false (parent override)
PoolStringArray	filters	PoolStringArray(  )
Mode	mode	4
bool	mode_overrides_title	true
bool	show_hidden_files	false
String	window_title	"Save a File" (parent override)

Methods

void	add_filter ( String filter )
void	clear_filters ( )
void	deselect_items ( )
LineEdit	get_line_edit ( )
VBoxContainer	get_vbox ( )
void	invalidate ( )

Theme Properties

Texture	file
Color	file_icon_modulate	Color( 1, 1, 1, 1 )
Color	files_disabled	Color( 0, 0, 0, 0.7 )
Texture	folder
Color	folder_icon_modulate	Color( 1, 1, 1, 1 )
Texture	parent_folder
Texture	reload
Texture	toggle_hidden

Signals

dir_selected ( String dir )

Emitted when the user selects a directory.

file_selected ( String path )

Emitted when the user selects a file by double-clicking it or pressing the OK button.

files_selected ( PoolStringArray paths )

Emitted when the user selects multiple files.

Enumerations

enum Mode:

• MODE_OPEN_FILE = 0 --- The dialog allows selecting one, and only one file.
• MODE_OPEN_FILES = 1 --- The dialog allows selecting multiple files.
• MODE_OPEN_DIR = 2 --- The dialog only allows selecting a directory, disallowing the selection of any file.
• MODE_OPEN_ANY = 3 --- The dialog allows selecting one file or directory.
• MODE_SAVE_FILE = 4 --- The dialog will warn when a file exists.

enum Access:

• ACCESS_RESOURCES = 0 --- The dialog only allows accessing files under the Resource path (res://).
• ACCESS_USERDATA = 1 --- The dialog only allows accessing files under user data path (user://).
• ACCESS_FILESYSTEM = 2 --- The dialog allows accessing files on the whole file system.

Property Descriptions

Access access

Default	0
Setter	set_access(value)
Getter	get_access()

The file system access scope. See enum Access constants.

Warning: Currently, in sandboxed environments such as HTML5 builds or sandboxed macOS apps, FileDialog cannot access the host file system. See godot-proposals#1123.

String current_dir

Default	"res://"
Setter	set_current_dir(value)
Getter	get_current_dir()

The current working directory of the file dialog.

String current_file

Default	""
Setter	set_current_file(value)
Getter	get_current_file()

The currently selected file of the file dialog.

String current_path

Default	"res://"
Setter	set_current_path(value)
Getter	get_current_path()

The currently selected file path of the file dialog.

PoolStringArray filters

Default	PoolStringArray(  )
Setter	set_filters(value)
Getter	get_filters()

The available file type filters. For example, this shows only .png and .gd files: set_filters(PoolStringArray(["*.png ; PNG Images","*.gd ; GDScript Files"])).

Mode mode

Default	4
Setter	set_mode(value)
Getter	get_mode()

The dialog's open or save mode, which affects the selection behavior. See enum Mode constants.

bool mode_overrides_title

Default	true
Setter	set_mode_overrides_title(value)
Getter	is_mode_overriding_title()

If true, changing the Mode property will set the window title accordingly (e.g. setting mode to MODE_OPEN_FILE will change the window title to "Open a File").

bool show_hidden_files

Default	false
Setter	set_show_hidden_files(value)
Getter	is_showing_hidden_files()

If true, the dialog will show hidden files.

Method Descriptions

void add_filter ( String filter )

Adds filter as a custom filter; filter should be of the form "filename.extension ; Description". For example, "*.png ; PNG Images".

void clear_filters ( )

Clear all the added filters in the dialog.

void deselect_items ( )

Clear currently selected items in the dialog.

LineEdit get_line_edit ( )

Returns the LineEdit for the selected file.

VBoxContainer get_vbox ( )

Returns the vertical box container of the dialog, custom controls can be added to it.

void invalidate ( )

Invalidate and update the current dialog content list.