choose.dir {utils}

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Choose a Folder Interactively on MS Windows

Description

Use a Windows shell folder widget to choose a folder interactively.

Usage

choose.dir(default = "", caption = "Select folder")

Arguments

default	which folder to show initially.
caption	the caption on the selection dialog.

Details

This brings up the Windows shell folder selection widget. With the default default = "", ‘My Computer’ (or similar) is initially selected.

To workaround a bug, on Vista and later only folders under ‘Computer’ are accessible via the widget.

Value

A length-one character vector, character NA if ‘Cancel’ was selected.

Note

This is only available on Windows.

See Also

choose.files (on Windows) and file.choose (on all platforms).

Examples

Run examples

  if (interactive() && .Platform$OS.type == "windows")
        choose.dir(getwd(), "Choose a suitable folder")

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