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FileDialog

Inherits: ConfirmationDialog < AcceptDialog < Window < Viewport < Node < Object

A 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. FileDialog automatically sets its window title according to the file_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
String	current_file
String	current_path
bool	dialog_hide_on_ok	false (overrides AcceptDialog)
FileMode	file_mode	4
PackedStringArray	filters	PackedStringArray()
bool	mode_overrides_title	true
int	option_count	0
String	root_subfolder	""
bool	show_hidden_files	false
String	title	"Save a File" (overrides Window)
bool	use_native_dialog	false

Methods

void	add_filter(filter: String, description: String = "")
void	add_option(name: String, values: PackedStringArray, default_value_index: int)
void	clear_filters()
void	deselect_all()
LineEdit	get_line_edit()
int	get_option_default(option: int) const
String	get_option_name(option: int) const
PackedStringArray	get_option_values(option: int) const
Dictionary	get_selected_options() const
VBoxContainer	get_vbox()
void	invalidate()
void	set_option_default(option: int, default_value_index: int)
void	set_option_name(option: int, name: String)
void	set_option_values(option: int, values: PackedStringArray)

Theme Properties

Color	file_disabled_color	Color(1, 1, 1, 0.25)
Color	file_icon_color	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
Color	folder_icon_color	Color(1, 1, 1, 1)
Texture2D	back_folder
Texture2D	create_folder
Texture2D	file
Texture2D	folder
Texture2D	forward_folder
Texture2D	parent_folder
Texture2D	reload
Texture2D	toggle_hidden

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Signals

dir_selected(dir: String) 🔗

Emitted when the user selects a directory.

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file_selected(path: String) 🔗

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

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files_selected(paths: PackedStringArray) 🔗

Emitted when the user selects multiple files.

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Enumerations

enum FileMode: 🔗

FileMode FILE_MODE_OPEN_FILE = 0

The dialog allows selecting one, and only one file.

FileMode FILE_MODE_OPEN_FILES = 1

The dialog allows selecting multiple files.

FileMode FILE_MODE_OPEN_DIR = 2

The dialog only allows selecting a directory, disallowing the selection of any file.

FileMode FILE_MODE_OPEN_ANY = 3

The dialog allows selecting one file or directory.

FileMode FILE_MODE_SAVE_FILE = 4

The dialog will warn when a file exists.

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enum Access: 🔗

Access ACCESS_RESOURCES = 0

The dialog only allows accessing files under the Resource path (res://).

Access ACCESS_USERDATA = 1

The dialog only allows accessing files under user data path (user://).

Access ACCESS_FILESYSTEM = 2

The dialog allows accessing files on the whole file system.

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Property Descriptions

Access access = 0 🔗

• void set_access(value: Access)

• Access get_access()

The file system access scope. See Access constants.

Warning: In Web builds, FileDialog cannot access the host file system. In sandboxed Linux and macOS environments, use_native_dialog is automatically used to allow limited access to host file system.

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String current_dir 🔗

• void set_current_dir(value: String)

• String get_current_dir()

The current working directory of the file dialog.

Note: For native file dialogs, this property is only treated as a hint and may not be respected by specific OS implementations.

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String current_file 🔗

• void set_current_file(value: String)

• String get_current_file()

The currently selected file of the file dialog.

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String current_path 🔗

• void set_current_path(value: String)

• String get_current_path()

The currently selected file path of the file dialog.

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FileMode file_mode = 4 🔗

• void set_file_mode(value: FileMode)

• FileMode get_file_mode()

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

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PackedStringArray filters = PackedStringArray() 🔗

• void set_filters(value: PackedStringArray)

• PackedStringArray get_filters()

The available file type filters. Each filter string in the array should be formatted like this: *.txt,*.doc;Text Files. The description text of the filter is optional and can be omitted.

Note: The returned array is copied and any changes to it will not update the original property value. See PackedStringArray for more details.

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bool mode_overrides_title = true 🔗

• void set_mode_overrides_title(value: bool)

• bool is_mode_overriding_title()

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

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int option_count = 0 🔗

• void set_option_count(value: int)

• int get_option_count()

The number of additional OptionButtons and CheckBoxes in the dialog.

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String root_subfolder = "" 🔗

• void set_root_subfolder(value: String)

• String get_root_subfolder()

If non-empty, the given sub-folder will be "root" of this FileDialog, i.e. user won't be able to go to its parent directory.

Note: This property is ignored by native file dialogs.

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bool show_hidden_files = false 🔗

• void set_show_hidden_files(value: bool)

• bool is_showing_hidden_files()

If true, the dialog will show hidden files.

Note: This property is ignored by native file dialogs on Linux.

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bool use_native_dialog = false 🔗

• void set_use_native_dialog(value: bool)

• bool get_use_native_dialog()

If true, access is set to ACCESS_FILESYSTEM, and it is supported by the current DisplayServer, OS native dialog will be used instead of custom one.

Note: On Linux and macOS, sandboxed apps always use native dialogs to access the host file system.

Note: On macOS, sandboxed apps will save security-scoped bookmarks to retain access to the opened folders across multiple sessions. Use OS.get_granted_permissions to get a list of saved bookmarks.

Note: Native dialogs are isolated from the base process, file dialog properties can't be modified once the dialog is shown.

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Method Descriptions

void add_filter(filter: String, description: String = "") 🔗

Adds a comma-delimited file name filter option to the FileDialog with an optional description, which restricts what files can be picked.

A filter should be of the form "filename.extension", where filename and extension can be * to match any string. Filters starting with . (i.e. empty filenames) are not allowed.

For example, a filter of "*.png, *.jpg" and a description of "Images" results in filter text "Images (*.png, *.jpg)".

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void add_option(name: String, values: PackedStringArray, default_value_index: int) 🔗

Adds an additional OptionButton to the file dialog. If values is empty, a CheckBox is added instead.

default_value_index should be an index of the value in the values. If values is empty it should be either 1 (checked), or 0 (unchecked).

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void clear_filters() 🔗

Clear all the added filters in the dialog.

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void deselect_all() 🔗

Clear all currently selected items in the dialog.

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LineEdit get_line_edit() 🔗

Returns the LineEdit for the selected file.

Warning: This is a required internal node, removing and freeing it may cause a crash. If you wish to hide it or any of its children, use their CanvasItem.visible property.

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int get_option_default(option: int) const 🔗

Returns the default value index of the OptionButton or CheckBox with index option.

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String get_option_name(option: int) const 🔗

Returns the name of the OptionButton or CheckBox with index option.

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PackedStringArray get_option_values(option: int) const 🔗

Returns an array of values of the OptionButton with index option.

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Dictionary get_selected_options() const 🔗

Returns a Dictionary with the selected values of the additional OptionButtons and/or CheckBoxes. Dictionary keys are names and values are selected value indices.

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VBoxContainer get_vbox() 🔗

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

Warning: This is a required internal node, removing and freeing it may cause a crash. If you wish to hide it or any of its children, use their CanvasItem.visible property.

Note: Changes to this node are ignored by native file dialogs, use add_option to add custom elements to the dialog instead.

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void invalidate() 🔗

Invalidate and update the current dialog content list.

Note: This method does nothing on native file dialogs.

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void set_option_default(option: int, default_value_index: int) 🔗

Sets the default value index of the OptionButton or CheckBox with index option.

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void set_option_name(option: int, name: String) 🔗

Sets the name of the OptionButton or CheckBox with index option.

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void set_option_values(option: int, values: PackedStringArray) 🔗

Sets the option values of the OptionButton with index option.

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Theme Property Descriptions

Color file_disabled_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0.25) 🔗

The color tint for disabled files (when the FileDialog is used in open folder mode).

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Color file_icon_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1) 🔗

The color modulation applied to the file icon.

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Color folder_icon_color = Color(1, 1, 1, 1) 🔗

The color modulation applied to the folder icon.

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Texture2D back_folder 🔗

Custom icon for the back arrow.

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Texture2D create_folder 🔗

Custom icon for the create folder button.

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Texture2D file 🔗

Custom icon for files.

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Texture2D folder 🔗

Custom icon for folders.

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Texture2D forward_folder 🔗

Custom icon for the forward arrow.

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Texture2D parent_folder 🔗

Custom icon for the parent folder arrow.

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Texture2D reload 🔗

Custom icon for the reload button.

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Texture2D toggle_hidden 🔗

Custom icon for the toggle hidden button.