FileChooserDialog
| Chapter 16. Dialogs |

## FileChooserDialog

The `FileChooserDialog` is suitable for use with "Open" or "Save" menu items.

Most of the useful member methods for this class are actually in the `Gtk::FileChooser` base class.

Reference

### Example

Figure 16.2. FileChooser

Source Code

File: `examplewindow.h` (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

    #ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H
    #define GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

    #include <gtkmm.h>

    class ExampleWindow : public Gtk::Window
    {
    public:
      ExampleWindow();
      virtual ~ExampleWindow();

    protected:
      //Signal handlers:
      void on_button_file_clicked();
      void on_button_folder_clicked();

      //Child widgets:
      Gtk::ButtonBox m_ButtonBox;
      Gtk::Button m_Button_File, m_Button_Folder;
    };

    #endif //GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

File: `examplewindow.cc` (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

    #include "examplewindow.h"
    #include <iostream>

    ExampleWindow::ExampleWindow()
    : m_ButtonBox(Gtk::ORIENTATION_VERTICAL),
      m_Button_File("Choose File"),
      m_Button_Folder("Choose Folder")
    {
      set_title("Gtk::FileSelection example");

      add(m_ButtonBox);

      m_ButtonBox.pack_start(m_Button_File);
      m_Button_File.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
                  &ExampleWindow::on_button_file_clicked) );

      m_ButtonBox.pack_start(m_Button_Folder);
      m_Button_Folder.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
                  &ExampleWindow::on_button_folder_clicked) );

      show_all_children();
    }

    ExampleWindow::~ExampleWindow()
    {
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_button_folder_clicked()
    {
      Gtk::FileChooserDialog dialog("Please choose a folder",
              Gtk::FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER);
      dialog.set_transient_for(*this);

      //Add response buttons the the dialog:
      dialog.add_button(Gtk::Stock::CANCEL, Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL);
      dialog.add_button("Select", Gtk::RESPONSE_OK);

      int result = dialog.run();

      //Handle the response:
      switch(result)
      {
        case(Gtk::RESPONSE_OK):
        {
          std::cout << "Select clicked." << std::endl;
          std::cout << "Folder selected: " << dialog.get_filename()
              << std::endl;
          break;
        }
        case(Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL):
        {
          std::cout << "Cancel clicked." << std::endl;
          break;
        }
        default:
        {
          std::cout << "Unexpected button clicked." << std::endl;
          break;
        }
      }
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_button_file_clicked()
    {
      Gtk::FileChooserDialog dialog("Please choose a file",
              Gtk::FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN);
      dialog.set_transient_for(*this);

      //Add response buttons the the dialog:
      dialog.add_button(Gtk::Stock::CANCEL, Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL);
      dialog.add_button(Gtk::Stock::OPEN, Gtk::RESPONSE_OK);

      //Add filters, so that only certain file types can be selected:

      Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::FileFilter> filter_text = Gtk::FileFilter::create();
      filter_text->set_name("Text files");
      filter_text->add_mime_type("text/plain");
      dialog.add_filter(filter_text);

      Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::FileFilter> filter_cpp = Gtk::FileFilter::create();
      filter_cpp->set_name("C/C++ files");
      filter_cpp->add_mime_type("text/x-c");
      filter_cpp->add_mime_type("text/x-c++");
      filter_cpp->add_mime_type("text/x-c-header");
      dialog.add_filter(filter_cpp);

      Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::FileFilter> filter_any = Gtk::FileFilter::create();
      filter_any->set_name("Any files");
      filter_any->add_pattern("*");
      dialog.add_filter(filter_any);

      //Show the dialog and wait for a user response:
      int result = dialog.run();

      //Handle the response:
      switch(result)
      {
        case(Gtk::RESPONSE_OK):
        {
          std::cout << "Open clicked." << std::endl;

          //Notice that this is a std::string, not a Glib::ustring.
          std::string filename = dialog.get_filename();
          std::cout << "File selected: " <<  filename << std::endl;
          break;
        }
        case(Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL):
        {
          std::cout << "Cancel clicked." << std::endl;
          break;
        }
        default:
        {
          std::cout << "Unexpected button clicked." << std::endl;
          break;
        }
      }
    }

File: `main.cc` (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

    #include "examplewindow.h"
    #include <gtkmm/main.h>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);

      ExampleWindow window;
      //Shows the window and returns when it is closed.
      Gtk::Main::run(window);

      return 0;
    }

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