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