Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser is an interface that can be implemented by file selection widgets. In GTK+, the main objects that implement this interface are Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserWidget, Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserDialog, and Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserButton. You do not need to write an object that implements the Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser interface unless you are trying to adapt an existing file selector to expose a standard programming interface.

Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser allows for shortcuts to various places in the filesystem. In the default implementation these are displayed in the left pane. It may be a bit confusing at first that these shortcuts come from various sources and in various flavours, so lets explain the terminology here:

• Bookmarks: are created by the user, by dragging folders from the right pane to the left pane, or by using the “Add”. Bookmarks can be renamed and deleted by the user.

• Shortcuts: can be provided by the application. For example, a Paint program may want to add a shortcut for a Clipart folder. Shortcuts cannot be modified by the user.

• Volumes: are provided by the underlying filesystem abstraction. They are the “roots” of the filesystem.

File Names and Encodings

When the user is finished selecting files in a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser, your program can get the selected names either as filenames or as URIs. For URIs, the normal escaping rules are applied if the URI contains non-ASCII characters. However, filenames are always returned in the character set specified by the `G_FILENAME_ENCODING` environment variable. Please see the GLib documentation for more details about this variable.

This means that while you can pass the result of .get-filename() to Raku IO, you may not be able to directly set it as the text of a Gnome::Gtk3::Label widget unless you convert it first to UTF-8, which all GTK+ widgets expect. You should use g_filename_to_utf8() to convert filenames into strings that can be passed to GTK+ widgets. Note: open() and fopen() are C functions which are not needed by the Raku user. Furthermore, the Str Raku type is already UTF-8.

Adding Extra Widgets

You can add extra widgets to a file chooser to provide options that are not present in the default design. For example, you can add a toggle button to give the user the option to open a file in read-only mode. You can use .set-extra-widget() to insert additional widgets in a file chooser.

If you want to set more than one extra widget in the file chooser, you can a container such as a Gnome::Gtk3::Box or a Gnome::Gtk3::Grid and include your widgets in it. Then, set the container as the whole extra widget.

See Also

Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserDialog, Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserWidget, Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserButton

Synopsis

Declaration

unit role Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser;
also is Gnome::GObject::Object;

Example to show how to get filenames from the dialog

my Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserDialog $file-select-dialog .= new(
  :build-id($target-widget-name)
);

# get-filenames() is from FileChooser class
my Gnome::Glib::SList $fnames .= new(
  :native-object($file-select-dialog.get-filenames)
);

my @files-to-process = ();
for ^$fnames.g-slist-length -> $i {
  @files-to-process.push($fnames.nth-data-str($i));
}

# get the file and directory names
for @files-to-process -> $file {
  note "Process $file";
};

$fnames.g-slist-free;

Types

enum GtkFileChooserAction

Describes whether a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser is being used to open existing files or to save to a possibly new file.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN: Indicates open mode. The file chooser will only let the user pick an existing file.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE: Indicates save mode. The file chooser will let the user pick an existing file, or type in a new filename.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER: Indicates an Open mode for selecting folders. The file chooser will let the user pick an existing folder.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_CREATE_FOLDER: Indicates a mode for creating a new folder. The file chooser will let the user name an existing or new folder.

enum GtkFileChooserConfirmation

Used as a return value of handlers for the prop confirm-overwrite signal of a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser. This value determines whether the file chooser will present the stock confirmation dialog, accept the user’s choice of a filename, or let the user choose another filename.

Since: 2.8

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_CONFIRM: The file chooser will present its stock dialog to confirm about overwriting an existing file.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_ACCEPT_FILENAME: The file chooser will terminate and accept the user’s choice of a file name.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_SELECT_AGAIN: The file chooser will continue running, so as to let the user select another file name.

enum GtkFileChooserError

These identify the various errors that can occur while calling Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser functions.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_NONEXISTENT: Indicates that a file does not exist.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_BAD_FILENAME: Indicates a malformed filename.

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS: Indicates a duplicate path (e.g. when adding a bookmark).

• GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_INCOMPLETE_HOSTNAME: Indicates an incomplete hostname (e.g. "http://foo" without a slash after that).

Methods

add-choice

Adds a 'choice' to the file chooser. This is typically implemented as a combobox or, for boolean choices, as a checkbutton. You can select a value using set_choice() before the dialog is shown, and you can obtain the user-selected value in the response signal handler using get-choice().

Compare set-extra-widget().

method add-choice ( Str $id, Str $label, CArray[Str] $options, CArray[Str] $option_labels )

• $id; id for the added choice

• $label; user-visible label for the added choice

• $options; ids for the options of the choice, or undefined for a boolean choice

• $option_labels; user-visible labels for the options, must be the same length as options

add-filter

Adds filter to the list of filters that the user can select between. When a filter is selected, only files that are passed by that filter are displayed.

Note that the chooser takes ownership of the filter, so you have to ref and sink it if you want to keep a reference.

method add-filter ( N-GObject() $filter )

• $filter; a Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter

add-shortcut-folder

Adds a folder to be displayed with the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Note that shortcut folders do not get saved, as they are provided by the application. For example, you can use this to add a “/usr/share/mydrawprogram/Clipart” folder to the volume list.

Returns: True if the folder could be added successfully, False otherwise. In the latter case, the error will be set as appropriate.

method add-shortcut-folder ( Str $folder, N-GError $error --> Bool )

• $folder; (type filename): filename of the folder to add

• $error; location to store error, or undefined

add-shortcut-folder-uri

Adds a folder URI to be displayed with the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Note that shortcut folders do not get saved, as they are provided by the application. For example, you can use this to add a “file:///usr/share/mydrawprogram/Clipart” folder to the volume list.

Returns: True if the folder could be added successfully, False otherwise. In the latter case, the error will be set as appropriate.

method add-shortcut-folder-uri ( Str $uri, N-GError $error --> Bool )

• $uri; URI of the folder to add

• $error; location to store error, or undefined

error-quark

Registers an error quark for Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser if necessary.

Returns: The error quark used for Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser errors.

method error-quark ( --> UInt )

get-action

Gets the type of operation that the file chooser is performing; see set_action().

Returns: the action that the file selector is performing

method get-action ( --> GtkFileChooserAction )

get-choice

Gets the currently selected option in the 'choice' with the given ID.

Returns: the ID of the currenly selected option

method get-choice ( Str $id --> Str )

• $id; the ID of the choice to get

get-create-folders

Gets whether file choser will offer to create new folders. See set_create_folders().

Returns: True if the Create Folder button should be displayed.

method get-create-folders ( --> Bool )

get-current-folder

Gets the current folder of chooser as a local filename. See set_current_folder().

Note that this is the folder that the file chooser is currently displaying (e.g. "/home/username/Documents"), which is not the same as the currently-selected folder if the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER mode (e.g. "/home/username/Documents/selected-folder/". To get the currently-selected folder in that mode, use get_uri() as the usual way to get the selection.

Returns: (type filename): the full path of the current folder, or undefined if the current path cannot be represented as a local filename. Free with g_free(). This function will also return undefined if the file chooser was unable to load the last folder that was requested from it; for example, as would be for calling set_current_folder() on a nonexistent folder.

method get-current-folder ( --> Str )

get-current-folder-file

Gets the current folder of chooser as Gnome::Gio::File. See get_current_folder_uri().

Returns: the Gnome::Gio::File for the current folder.

method get-current-folder-file ( --> N-GObject )

get-current-folder-uri

Gets the current folder of chooser as an URI. See set_current_folder_uri().

Note that this is the folder that the file chooser is currently displaying (e.g. "file:///home/username/Documents"), which is not the same as the currently-selected folder if the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER mode (e.g. "file:///home/username/Documents/selected-folder/". To get the currently-selected folder in that mode, use get_uri() as the usual way to get the selection.

Returns: the URI for the current folder. Free with g_free(). This function will also return undefined if the file chooser was unable to load the last folder that was requested from it; for example, as would be for calling set_current_folder_uri() on a nonexistent folder.

method get-current-folder-uri ( --> Str )

get-current-name

Gets the current name in the file selector, as entered by the user in the text entry for “Name”.

This is meant to be used in save dialogs, to get the currently typed filename when the file itself does not exist yet. For example, an application that adds a custom extra widget to the file chooser for “file format” may want to change the extension of the typed filename based on the chosen format, say, from “.jpg” to “.png”.

Returns: The raw text from the file chooser’s “Name” entry. Free this with g_free(). Note that this string is not a full pathname or URI; it is whatever the contents of the entry are. Note also that this string is in UTF-8 encoding, which is not necessarily the system’s encoding for filenames.

method get-current-name ( --> Str )

get-do-overwrite-confirmation

Queries whether a file chooser is set to confirm for overwriting when the user types a file name that already exists.

Returns: True if the file chooser will present a confirmation dialog; False otherwise.

method get-do-overwrite-confirmation ( --> Bool )

get-extra-widget

Gets the current extra widget; see set_extra_widget().

Returns: the current extra widget, or undefined

method get-extra-widget ( --> N-GObject )

get-file

Gets the Gnome::Gio::File for the currently selected file in the file selector. If multiple files are selected, one of the files will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Returns: a selected Gnome::Gio::File. You own the returned file; use g_object_unref() to release it.

method get-file ( --> N-GObject )

get-filename

Gets the filename for the currently selected file in the file selector. The filename is returned as an absolute path. If multiple files are selected, one of the filenames will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Returns: (type filename): The currently selected filename, or undefined if no file is selected, or the selected file can't be represented with a local filename. Free with g_free().

method get-filename ( --> Str )

get-filenames

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser. The returned names are full absolute paths. If files in the current folder cannot be represented as local filenames they will be ignored. (See get_uris())

Returns: (element-type filename) : a Gnome::Gio::SList containing the filenames of all selected files and subfolders in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with g_free().

method get-filenames ( --> N-GSList )

get-files

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser as Gnome::Gio::File. An internal function, see get_uris().

Returns: (element-type GFile) : a Gnome::Gio::SList containing a Gnome::Gio::File for each selected file and subfolder in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the files with g_object_unref().

method get-files ( --> N-GSList )

get-filter

Gets the current filter; see set_filter().

Returns: the current filter, or undefined

method get-filter ( --> N-GObject )

get-local-only

Gets whether only local files can be selected in the file selector. See set_local_only()

Returns: True if only local files can be selected.

method get-local-only ( --> Bool )

get-preview-file

Gets the Gnome::Gio::File that should be previewed in a custom preview Internal function, see get_preview_uri().

Returns: the Gnome::Gio::File for the file to preview, or undefined if no file is selected. Free with g_object_unref().

method get-preview-file ( --> N-GObject )

get-preview-filename

Gets the filename that should be previewed in a custom preview widget. See set_preview_widget().

Returns: (type filename): the filename to preview, or undefined if no file is selected, or if the selected file cannot be represented as a local filename. Free with g_free()

method get-preview-filename ( --> Str )

get-preview-uri

Gets the URI that should be previewed in a custom preview widget. See set_preview_widget().

Returns: the URI for the file to preview, or undefined if no file is selected. Free with g_free().

method get-preview-uri ( --> Str )

get-preview-widget

Gets the current preview widget; see set_preview_widget().

Returns: the current preview widget, or undefined

method get-preview-widget ( --> N-GObject )

get-preview-widget-active

Gets whether the preview widget set by set_preview_widget() should be shown for the current filename. See set_preview_widget_active().

Returns: True if the preview widget is active for the current filename.

method get-preview-widget-active ( --> Bool )

get-select-multiple

Gets whether multiple files can be selected in the file selector. See set_select_multiple().

Returns: True if multiple files can be selected.

method get-select-multiple ( --> Bool )

get-show-hidden

Gets whether hidden files and folders are displayed in the file selector. See set_show_hidden().

Returns: True if hidden files and folders are displayed.

method get-show-hidden ( --> Bool )

get-uri

Gets the URI for the currently selected file in the file selector. If multiple files are selected, one of the filenames will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Returns: The currently selected URI, or undefined if no file is selected. If set_local_only() is set to True (the default) a local URI will be returned for any FUSE locations. Free with g_free()

method get-uri ( --> Str )

get-uris

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser. The returned names are full absolute URIs.

Returns: (element-type utf8) : a Gnome::Gio::SList containing the URIs of all selected files and subfolders in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with g_free().

method get-uris ( --> N-GSList )

get-use-preview-label

Gets whether a stock label should be drawn with the name of the previewed file. See set_use_preview_label().

Returns: True if the file chooser is set to display a label with the name of the previewed file, False otherwise.

method get-use-preview-label ( --> Bool )

list-filters

Lists the current set of user-selectable filters; see add_filter(), remove_filter().

Returns: (element-type GtkFileFilter) (transfer container): a Gnome::Gio::SList containing the current set of user selectable filters. The contents of the list are owned by GTK+, but you must free the list itself with g_slist_free() when you are done with it.

method list-filters ( --> N-GSList )

list-shortcut-folder-uris

Queries the list of shortcut folders in the file chooser, as set by add_shortcut_folder_uri().

Returns: (element-type utf8) : A list of folder URIs, or undefined if there are no shortcut folders. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the URIs with g_free().

method list-shortcut-folder-uris ( --> N-GSList )

list-shortcut-folders

Queries the list of shortcut folders in the file chooser, as set by add_shortcut_folder().

Returns: (element-type filename) : A list of folder filenames, or undefined if there are no shortcut folders. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with g_free().

method list-shortcut-folders ( --> N-GSList )

remove-choice

Removes a 'choice' that has been added with add_choice().

method remove-choice ( Str $id )

• $id; the ID of the choice to remove

remove-filter

Removes filter from the list of filters that the user can select between.

method remove-filter ( N-GObject() $filter )

• $filter; a Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter

remove-shortcut-folder

Removes a folder from a file chooser’s list of shortcut folders.

Returns: True if the operation succeeds, False otherwise. In the latter case, the error will be set as appropriate.

See also: add_shortcut_folder()

method remove-shortcut-folder ( Str $folder, N-GError $error --> Bool )

• $folder; (type filename): filename of the folder to remove

• $error; location to store error, or undefined

remove-shortcut-folder-uri

Removes a folder URI from a file chooser’s list of shortcut folders.

Returns: True if the operation succeeds, False otherwise. In the latter case, the error will be set as appropriate.

See also: add_shortcut_folder_uri()

method remove-shortcut-folder-uri ( Str $uri, N-GError $error --> Bool )

• $uri; URI of the folder to remove

• $error; location to store error, or undefined

select-all

Selects all the files in the current folder of a file chooser.

method select-all ( )

select-file

Selects the file referred to by file. An internal function. See _select_uri().

Returns: Not useful.

method select-file ( N-GObject() $file, N-GError $error --> Bool )

• $file; the file to select

• $error; location to store error, or undefined

select-filename

Selects a filename. If the file name isn’t in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename.

Returns: Not useful.

See also: set_filename()

method select-filename ( Str $filename --> Bool )

• $filename; (type filename): the filename to select

select-uri

Selects the file to by uri. If the URI doesn’t refer to a file in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename.

Returns: Not useful.

method select-uri ( Str $uri --> Bool )

• $uri; the URI to select

set-action

Sets the type of operation that the chooser is performing; the user interface is adapted to suit the selected action. For example, an option to create a new folder might be shown if the action is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE but not if the action is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN.

method set-action ( GtkFileChooserAction $action )

• $action; the action that the file selector is performing

set-choice

Selects an option in a 'choice' that has been added with add_choice(). For a boolean choice, the possible options are "true" and "false".

method set-choice ( Str $id, Str $option )

• $id; the ID of the choice to set

• $option; the ID of the option to select

set-create-folders

Sets whether file choser will offer to create new folders. This is only relevant if the action is not set to be GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN.

method set-create-folders ( Bool $create_folders )

• $create_folders; True if the Create Folder button should be displayed

set-current-folder

Sets the current folder for chooser from a local filename. The user will be shown the full contents of the current folder, plus user interface elements for navigating to other folders.

In general, you should not use this function. See the [section on setting up a file chooser dialog][gtkfilechooserdialog-setting-up] for the rationale behind this.

Returns: Not useful.

method set-current-folder ( Str $filename --> Bool )

• $filename; (type filename): the full path of the new current folder

set-current-folder-file

Sets the current folder for chooser from a Gnome::Gio::File. Internal function, see set_current_folder_uri().

Returns: True if the folder could be changed successfully, False otherwise.

method set-current-folder-file ( N-GObject() $file, N-GError $error --> Bool )

• $file; the Gnome::Gio::File for the new folder

• $error; location to store error, or undefined.

set-current-folder-uri

Sets the current folder for chooser from an URI. The user will be shown the full contents of the current folder, plus user interface elements for navigating to other folders.

In general, you should not use this function. See the [section on setting up a file chooser dialog][gtkfilechooserdialog-setting-up] for the rationale behind this.

Returns: True if the folder could be changed successfully, False otherwise.

method set-current-folder-uri ( Str $uri --> Bool )

• $uri; the URI for the new current folder

set-current-name

Sets the current name in the file selector, as if entered by the user. Note that the name passed in here is a UTF-8 string rather than a filename. This function is meant for such uses as a suggested name in a “Save As...” dialog. You can pass “Untitled.doc” or a similarly suitable suggestion for the name.

If you want to preselect a particular existing file, you should use set_filename() or set_uri() instead. Please see the documentation for those functions for an example of using set_current_name() as well.

method set-current-name ( Str $name )

• $name; (type utf8): the filename to use, as a UTF-8 string

set-do-overwrite-confirmation

Sets whether a file chooser in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode will present a confirmation dialog if the user types a file name that already exists. This is False by default.

If set to True, the chooser will emit the confirm-overwrite signal when appropriate.

If all you need is the stock confirmation dialog, set this property to True. You can override the way confirmation is done by actually handling the confirm-overwrite signal; please refer to its documentation for the details.

method set-do-overwrite-confirmation ( Bool $do_overwrite_confirmation )

• $do_overwrite_confirmation; whether to confirm overwriting in save mode

set-extra-widget

Sets an application-supplied widget to provide extra options to the user.

method set-extra-widget ( N-GObject() $extra_widget )

• $extra_widget; widget for extra options

set-file

Sets file as the current filename for the file chooser, by changing to the file’s parent folder and actually selecting the file in list. If the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode, the file’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

If the file name isn’t in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename. This is equivalent to a sequence of unselect_all() followed by select_filename().

Note that the file must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

If you are implementing a save dialog, you should use this function if you already have a file name to which the user may save; for example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As...

Returns: An error object. It is valid when the call fails.

method set-file ( N-GObject() $file --> N-GError )

• $file; the Gnome::Gio::File to set as the current file.

set-filename

Sets filename as the current filename for the file chooser, by changing to the file’s parent folder and actually selecting the file in list; all other files will be unselected. If the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode, the file’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

Note that the file must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

You should use this function only when implementing a save dialog for which you already have a file name to which the user may save. For example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... to save a copy or a modified version. If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this: |[<!-- language="C" --> if (document_is_new) { // the user just created a new document set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document"); } else { // the user edited an existing document set_filename (chooser, existing_filename); } ]|

In the first case, the file chooser will present the user with useful suggestions as to where to save his new file. In the second case, the file’s existing location is already known, so the file chooser will use it.

Returns: Not useful.

method set-filename ( Str $filename --> Bool )

• $filename; (type filename): the filename to set as current

set-filter

Sets the current filter; only the files that pass the filter will be displayed. If the user-selectable list of filters is non-empty, then the filter should be one of the filters in that list. Setting the current filter when the list of filters is empty is useful if you want to restrict the displayed set of files without letting the user change it.

method set-filter ( N-GObject() $filter )

• $filter; a Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter

set-local-only

Sets whether only local files can be selected in the file selector. If local_only is True (the default), then the selected file or files are guaranteed to be accessible through the operating systems native file system and therefore the application only needs to worry about the filename functions in Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser, like get_filename(), rather than the URI functions like get_uri(),

On some systems non-native files may still be available using the native filesystem via a userspace filesystem (FUSE).

method set-local-only ( Bool $local_only )

• $local_only; True if only local files can be selected

set-preview-widget

Sets an application-supplied widget to use to display a custom preview of the currently selected file. To implement a preview, after setting the preview widget, you connect to the update-preview signal, and call get_preview_filename() or get_preview_uri() on each change. If you can display a preview of the new file, update your widget and set the preview active using set_preview_widget_active(). Otherwise, set the preview inactive.

When there is no application-supplied preview widget, or the application-supplied preview widget is not active, the file chooser will display no preview at all.

method set-preview-widget ( N-GObject() $preview_widget )

• $preview_widget; widget for displaying preview.

set-preview-widget-active

Sets whether the preview widget set by set_preview_widget() should be shown for the current filename. When active is set to false, the file chooser may display an internally generated preview of the current file or it may display no preview at all. See set_preview_widget() for more details.

method set-preview-widget-active ( Bool $active )

• $active; whether to display the user-specified preview widget

set-select-multiple

Sets whether multiple files can be selected in the file selector. This is only relevant if the action is set to be GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN or GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER.

method set-select-multiple ( Bool $select_multiple )

• $select_multiple; True if multiple files can be selected.

set-show-hidden

Sets whether hidden files and folders are displayed in the file selector.

method set-show-hidden ( Bool $show_hidden )

• $show_hidden; True if hidden files and folders should be displayed.

set-uri

Sets the file referred to by uri as the current file for the file chooser, by changing to the URI’s parent folder and actually selecting the URI in the list. If the chooser is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode, the URI’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

Note that the URI must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

You should use this function only when implementing a save dialog for which you already have a file name to which the user may save. For example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... to save a copy or a modified version. If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this: |[<!-- language="C" --> if (document_is_new) { // the user just created a new document set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document"); } else { // the user edited an existing document set_uri (chooser, existing_uri); } ]|

In the first case, the file chooser will present the user with useful suggestions as to where to save his new file. In the second case, the file’s existing location is already known, so the file chooser will use it.

Returns: Not useful.

method set-uri ( Str $uri --> Bool )

• $uri; the URI to set as current

set-use-preview-label

Sets whether the file chooser should display a stock label with the name of the file that is being previewed; the default is True. Applications that want to draw the whole preview area themselves should set this to False and display the name themselves in their preview widget.

See also: set_preview_widget()

method set-use-preview-label ( Bool $use_label )

• $use_label; whether to display a stock label with the name of the previewed file

unselect-all

Unselects all the files in the current folder of a file chooser.

method unselect-all ( )

unselect-file

Unselects the file referred to by file. If the file is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

method unselect-file ( N-GObject() $file )

• $file; a Gnome::Gio::File

unselect-filename

Unselects a currently selected filename. If the filename is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

method unselect-filename ( Str $filename )

• $filename; (type filename): the filename to unselect

unselect-uri

Unselects the file referred to by uri. If the file is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

method unselect-uri ( Str $uri )

• $uri; the URI to unselect

Signals

confirm-overwrite

This signal gets emitted whenever it is appropriate to present a confirmation dialog when the user has selected a file name that already exists. The signal only gets emitted when the file chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode.

Most applications just need to turn on the do-overwrite-confirmation property (or call the set_do_overwrite_confirmation() function), and they will automatically get a stock confirmation dialog. Applications which need to customize this behavior should do that, and also connect to the confirm-overwrite signal.

A signal handler for this signal must return a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserConfirmation value, which indicates the action to take. If the handler determines that the user wants to select a different filename, it should return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_SELECT_AGAIN. If it determines that the user is satisfied with his choice of file name, it should return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_ACCEPT_FILENAME. On the other hand, if it determines that the stock confirmation dialog should be used, it should return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_CONFIRM. The following example illustrates this.

## Custom confirmation ## {gtkfilechooser-confirmation}

|[<!-- language="C" --> static GtkFileChooserConfirmation confirm_overwrite_callback (GtkFileChooser *chooser, gpointer data) { char *uri;

uri = get_uri (chooser);

if (is_uri_read_only (uri)) { if (user_wants_to_replace_read_only_file (uri)) return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_ACCEPT_FILENAME; else return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_SELECT_AGAIN; } else return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_CONFIRM; // fall back to the default dialog }

...

chooser = dialog_new (...);

set_do_overwrite_confirmation (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), TRUE); g_signal_connect (chooser, "confirm-overwrite", G_CALLBACK (confirm_overwrite_callback), NULL);

if (gtk_dialog_run (chooser) == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT) save_to_file (get_filename (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (chooser));

gtk_widget_destroy (chooser); ]|

Returns: a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserConfirmation value that indicates which action to take after emitting the signal.

method handler (
  Int :$_handler-id,
  N-GObject :$_native-object,
  *%user-options

  --> Unknown type: GTK_TYPE_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION
)

• $_handler-id; The handler id which is returned from the registration

• $_native-object; The native object provided by the caller wrapped in the Raku object which registered the signal.

• %user-options; A list of named arguments provided at the register-signal() method

current-folder-changed

This signal is emitted when the current folder in a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser changes. This can happen due to the user performing some action that changes folders, such as selecting a bookmark or visiting a folder on the file list. It can also happen as a result of calling a function to explicitly change the current folder in a file chooser.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal, unless you need to keep track of which folder a file chooser is showing.

See also: set_current_folder(), get_current_folder(), set_current_folder_uri(), get_current_folder_uri().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler-id,
  N-GObject :$_native-object,
  *%user-options
)

• $_handler-id; The handler id which is returned from the registration

• $_native-object; The native object provided by the caller wrapped in the Raku object which registered the signal.

• %user-options; A list of named arguments provided at the register-signal() method

file-activated

This signal is emitted when the user "activates" a file in the file chooser. This can happen by double-clicking on a file in the file list, or by pressing `Enter`.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal. It is used internally by Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserDialog to know when to activate the default button in the dialog.

See also: get_filename(), get_filenames(), get_uri(), get_uris().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler-id,
  N-GObject :$_native-object,
  *%user-options
)

• $_handler-id; The handler id which is returned from the registration

• $_native-object; The native object provided by the caller wrapped in the Raku object which registered the signal.

• %user-options; A list of named arguments provided at the register-signal() method

selection-changed

This signal is emitted when there is a change in the set of selected files in a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser. This can happen when the user modifies the selection with the mouse or the keyboard, or when explicitly calling functions to change the selection.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal, as it is easier to wait for the file chooser to finish running, and then to get the list of selected files using the functions mentioned below.

See also: select_filename(), unselect_filename(), get_filename(), get_filenames(), select_uri(), unselect_uri(), get_uri(), get_uris().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler-id,
  N-GObject :$_native-object,
  *%user-options
)

• $_handler-id; The handler id which is returned from the registration

• $_native-object; The native object provided by the caller wrapped in the Raku object which registered the signal.

• %user-options; A list of named arguments provided at the register-signal() method

update-preview

This signal is emitted when the preview in a file chooser should be regenerated. For example, this can happen when the currently selected file changes. You should use this signal if you want your file chooser to have a preview widget.

Once you have installed a preview widget with set_preview_widget(), you should update it when this signal is emitted. You can use the functions get_preview_filename() or get_preview_uri() to get the name of the file to preview. Your widget may not be able to preview all kinds of files; your callback must call set_preview_widget_active() to inform the file chooser about whether the preview was generated successfully or not.

Please see the example code in [Using a Preview Widget][gtkfilechooser-preview].

See also: set_preview_widget(), set_preview_widget_active(), set_use_preview_label(), get_preview_filename(), get_preview_uri().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler-id,
  N-GObject :$_native-object,
  *%user-options
)

• $_handler-id; The handler id which is returned from the registration

• $_native-object; The native object provided by the caller wrapped in the Raku object which registered the signal.

• %user-options; A list of named arguments provided at the register-signal() method

Properties

action

The type of operation that the file selector is performing

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_ENUM

• The type of this G_TYPE_ENUM object is GTK_TYPE_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN.

create-folders

Whether a file chooser not in open mode will offer the user to create new folders.

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is TRUE.

do-overwrite-confirmation

Whether a file chooser in save mode will present an overwrite confirmation dialog if necessary.

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is FALSE.

extra-widget

Application supplied widget for extra options.

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_OBJECT

• The type of this G_TYPE_OBJECT object is GTK_TYPE_WIDGET

• Parameter is readable and writable.

filter

The current filter for selecting which files are displayed

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_OBJECT

• The type of this G_TYPE_OBJECT object is GTK_TYPE_FILE_FILTER

• Parameter is readable and writable.

local-only

Whether the selected file(s should be limited to local file: URLs)

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is TRUE.

preview-widget

Application supplied widget for custom previews.

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_OBJECT

• The type of this G_TYPE_OBJECT object is GTK_TYPE_WIDGET

• Parameter is readable and writable.

preview-widget-active

Whether the application supplied widget for custom previews should be shown.

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is TRUE.

select-multiple

Whether to allow multiple files to be selected

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is FALSE.

show-hidden

Whether the hidden files and folders should be displayed

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is FALSE.

use-preview-label

Whether to display a stock label with the name of the previewed file.

• Gnome::GObject::Value type of this property is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN

• Parameter is readable and writable.

• Default value is TRUE.

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] error_quark

Returns: The error quark used for Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser errors.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_error_quark ( --> int32  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_action

Sets the type of operation that the chooser is performing; the user interface is adapted to suit the selected action. For example, an option to create a new folder might be shown if the action is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE but not if the action is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_action ( GtkFileChooserAction $action )

• GtkFileChooserAction $action; the action that the file selector is performing

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_action

Gets the type of operation that the file chooser is performing; see gtk_file_chooser_set_action().

Returns: the action that the file selector is performing

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_action ( --> GtkFileChooserAction )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_local_only

Sets whether only local files can be selected in the file selector. If $local_only is 1 (the default), then the selected file or files are guaranteed to be accessible through the operating systems native file system and therefore the application only needs to worry about the filename functions in Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser, like gtk_file_chooser_get_filename(), rather than the URI functions like gtk_file_chooser_get_uri(),

On some systems non-native files may still be available using the native filesystem via a userspace filesystem (FUSE).

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_local_only ( Int $local_only )

• Int $local_only; 1 if only local files can be selected

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_local_only

Gets whether only local files can be selected in the file selector. See gtk_file_chooser_set_local_only()

Returns: 1 if only local files can be selected.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_local_only ( --> Int )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_select_multiple

Sets whether multiple files can be selected in the file selector. This is only relevant if the action is set to be GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN or GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple ( Int $select_multiple )

• Int $select_multiple; 1 if multiple files can be selected.

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_select_multiple

Gets whether multiple files can be selected in the file selector. See gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple().

Returns: 1 if multiple files can be selected.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_select_multiple ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_show_hidden

Sets whether hidden files and folders are displayed in the file selector.

Since: 2.6

method gtk_file_chooser_set_show_hidden ( Int $show_hidden )

• Int $show_hidden; 1 if hidden files and folders should be displayed.

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_show_hidden

Gets whether hidden files and folders are displayed in the file selector. See gtk_file_chooser_set_show_hidden().

Returns: 1 if hidden files and folders are displayed.

Since: 2.6

method gtk_file_chooser_get_show_hidden ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_do_overwrite_confirmation

Sets whether a file chooser in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode will present a confirmation dialog if the user types a file name that already exists. This is 0 by default.

If set to 1, the chooser will emit the prop confirm-overwrite signal when appropriate.

If all you need is the stock confirmation dialog, set this property to 1. You can override the way confirmation is done by actually handling the prop confirm-overwrite signal; please refer to its documentation for the details.

Since: 2.8

method gtk_file_chooser_set_do_overwrite_confirmation ( Int $do_overwrite_confirmation )

• Int $do_overwrite_confirmation; whether to confirm overwriting in save mode

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_do_overwrite_confirmation

Queries whether a file chooser is set to confirm for overwriting when the user types a file name that already exists.

Returns: 1 if the file chooser will present a confirmation dialog; 0 otherwise.

Since: 2.8

method gtk_file_chooser_get_do_overwrite_confirmation ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_create_folders

Sets whether file choser will offer to create new folders. This is only relevant if the action is not set to be GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN.

Since: 2.18

method gtk_file_chooser_set_create_folders ( Int $create_folders )

• Int $create_folders; 1 if the Create Folder button should be displayed

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_create_folders

Gets whether file choser will offer to create new folders. See gtk_file_chooser_set_create_folders().

Returns: 1 if the Create Folder button should be displayed.

Since: 2.18

method gtk_file_chooser_get_create_folders ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_current_name

Sets the current name in the file selector, as if entered by the user. Note that the name passed in here is a UTF-8 string rather than a filename. This function is meant for such uses as a suggested name in a “Save As...” dialog. You can pass “Untitled.doc” or a similarly suitable suggestion for the name.

If you want to preselect a particular existing file, you should use gtk_file_chooser_set_filename() or gtk_file_chooser_set_uri() instead. Please see the documentation for those functions for an example of using gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name() as well.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name ( Str $name )

• Str $name; (type filename): the filename to use, as a UTF-8 string

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_current_name

Gets the current name in the file selector, as entered by the user in the text entry for “Name”.

This is meant to be used in save dialogs, to get the currently typed filename when the file itself does not exist yet. For example, an application that adds a custom extra widget to the file chooser for “file format” may want to change the extension of the typed filename based on the chosen format, say, from “.jpg” to “.png”.

Returns: The raw text from the file chooser’s “Name” entry. Free this with g_free(). Note that this string is not a full pathname or URI; it is whatever the contents of the entry are. Note also that this string is in UTF-8 encoding, which is not necessarily the system’s encoding for filenames.

Since: 3.10

method gtk_file_chooser_get_current_name ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_filename

Gets the filename for the currently selected file in the file selector. The filename is returned as an absolute path. If multiple files are selected, one of the filenames will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Returns: (nullable) (type filename): The currently selected filename, or Any if no file is selected, or the selected file can't be represented with a local filename. Free with g_free().

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_filename ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_filename

Sets filename as the current filename for the file chooser, by changing to the file’s parent folder and actually selecting the file in list; all other files will be unselected. If the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode, the file’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

Note that the file must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

You should use this function only when implementing a save dialog for which you already have a file name to which the user may save. For example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... to save a copy or a modified version. If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this:

my Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserDialog $fcd .= new(:title('Choose a file'));
my Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser $fc .= new(:widget($fcd));

my Document $doc .= new;
... add content to doc ...

if $doc.is-new {
  # the user just created a new document
  $fc.set-current-name("Untitled document");
}

else {
  # the user edited an existing document
  $fc.set-filename($existing-filename);
}

my $status = $fcd.gtk-dialog-run;

In the first case, the file chooser will present the user with useful suggestions as to where to save his new file. In the second case, the file’s existing location is already known, so the file chooser will use it.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_filename ( Str $filename )

• Str $filename; (type filename): the filename to set as current

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] select_filename

Selects a filename. If the file name isn’t in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename.

Returns: Not useful.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_set_filename()

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_select_filename ( Str $filename --> Int  )

• Str $filename; (type filename): the filename to select

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] unselect_filename

Unselects a currently selected filename. If the filename is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_unselect_filename ( Str $filename )

• Str $filename; (type filename): the filename to unselect

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] select_all

Selects all the files in the current folder of a file chooser.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_select_all ( )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] unselect_all

Unselects all the files in the current folder of a file chooser.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all ( )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_filenames

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser. The returned names are full absolute paths. If files in the current folder cannot be represented as local filenames they will be ignored. (See gtk_file_chooser_get_uris())

Returns: (element-type filename) (transfer full): a GSList containing the filenames of all selected files and subfolders in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with g_free().

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_filenames ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_current_folder

Sets the current folder for chooser from a local filename. The user will be shown the full contents of the current folder, plus user interface elements for navigating to other folders.

In general, you should not use this function. See the [section on setting up a file chooser dialog][gtkfilechooserdialog-setting-up] for the rationale behind this.

Returns: Not useful.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder ( Str $filename --> Int  )

• Str $filename; (type filename): the full path of the new current folder

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_current_folder

Gets the current folder of chooser as a local filename. See gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder().

Note that this is the folder that the file chooser is currently displaying (e.g. "/home/username/Documents"), which is not the same as the currently-selected folder if the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER mode (e.g. "/home/username/Documents/selected-folder/". To get the currently-selected folder in that mode, use gtk_file_chooser_get_uri() as the usual way to get the selection.

Returns: (nullable) (type filename): the full path of the current folder, or Any if the current path cannot be represented as a local filename. Free with g_free(). This function will also return Any if the file chooser was unable to load the last folder that was requested from it; for example, as would be for calling gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder() on a nonexistent folder.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_current_folder ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_uri

Gets the URI for the currently selected file in the file selector. If multiple files are selected, one of the filenames will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): The currently selected URI, or Any if no file is selected. If gtk_file_chooser_set_local_only() is set to 1 (the default) a local URI will be returned for any FUSE locations. Free with g_free()

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_uri ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_uri

Sets the file referred to by uri as the current file for the file chooser, by changing to the URI’s parent folder and actually selecting the URI in the list. If the chooser is GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode, the URI’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

Note that the URI must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

You should use this function only when implementing a save dialog for which you already have a file name to which the user may save. For example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... to save a copy or a modified version. If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this: |[<!-- language="C" --> if (document_is_new) { // the user just created a new document gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document"); } else { // the user edited an existing document gtk_file_chooser_set_uri (chooser, existing_uri); } ]|

In the first case, the file chooser will present the user with useful suggestions as to where to save his new file. In the second case, the file’s existing location is already known, so the file chooser will use it.

Returns: Not useful.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_uri ( Str $uri --> Int  )

• Str $uri; the URI to set as current

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] select_uri

Selects the file to by uri. If the URI doesn’t refer to a file in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename.

Returns: Not useful.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_select_uri ( Str $uri --> Int  )

• Str $uri; the URI to select

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] unselect_uri

Unselects the file referred to by uri. If the file is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_unselect_uri ( Str $uri )

• Str $uri; the URI to unselect

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_uris

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser. The returned names are full absolute URIs.

Returns: (element-type utf8) (transfer full): a GSList containing the URIs of all selected files and subfolders in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with g_free().

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_uris ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_current_folder_uri

Sets the current folder for chooser from an URI. The user will be shown the full contents of the current folder, plus user interface elements for navigating to other folders.

In general, you should not use this function. See the [section on setting up a file chooser dialog][gtkfilechooserdialog-setting-up] for the rationale behind this.

Returns: 1 if the folder could be changed successfully, 0 otherwise.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_uri ( Str $uri --> Int  )

• Str $uri; the URI for the new current folder

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_current_folder_uri

Gets the current folder of chooser as an URI. See gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_uri().

Note that this is the folder that the file chooser is currently displaying (e.g. "file:///home/username/Documents"), which is not the same as the currently-selected folder if the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER mode (e.g. "file:///home/username/Documents/selected-folder/". To get the currently-selected folder in that mode, use gtk_file_chooser_get_uri() as the usual way to get the selection.

Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): the URI for the current folder. Free with g_free(). This function will also return Any if the file chooser was unable to load the last folder that was requested from it; for example, as would be for calling gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_uri() on a nonexistent folder.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_current_folder_uri ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_file

Gets the GFile for the currently selected file in the file selector. If multiple files are selected, one of the files will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Returns: (transfer full): a selected GFile. You own the returned file; use g_object_unref() to release it.

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_get_file ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_file

Sets file as the current filename for the file chooser, by changing to the file’s parent folder and actually selecting the file in list. If the chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode, the file’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

If the file name isn’t in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename. This is equivalent to a sequence of gtk_file_chooser_unselect_all() followed by gtk_file_chooser_select_filename().

Note that the file must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

If you are implementing a save dialog, you should use this function if you already have a file name to which the user may save; for example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this: |[<!-- language="C" --> if (document_is_new) { // the user just created a new document gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_file (chooser, default_file_for_saving); gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document"); } else { // the user edited an existing document gtk_file_chooser_set_file (chooser, existing_file); } ]|

Returns: Not useful.

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_set_file ( N-GObject $file, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• N-GObject $file; the GFile to set as current

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store the error, or Any to ignore errors.

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] select_file

Selects the file referred to by file. An internal function. See _gtk_file_chooser_select_uri().

Returns: Not useful.

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_select_file ( N-GObject $file, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• N-GObject $file; the file to select

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store error, or Any

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] unselect_file

Unselects the file referred to by file. If the file is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_unselect_file ( N-GObject $file )

• N-GObject $file; a GFile

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_files

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser as GFile. An internal function, see gtk_file_chooser_get_uris().

Returns: (element-type GFile) (transfer full): a GSList containing a GFile for each selected file and subfolder in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the files with g_object_unref().

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_get_files ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_current_folder_file

Sets the current folder for chooser from a GFile. Internal function, see gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_uri().

Returns: 1 if the folder could be changed successfully, 0 otherwise.

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_file ( N-GObject $file, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• N-GObject $file; the GFile for the new folder

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store error, or Any.

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_current_folder_file

Gets the current folder of chooser as GFile. See gtk_file_chooser_get_current_folder_uri().

Returns: (transfer full): the GFile for the current folder.

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_get_current_folder_file ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_preview_widget

Sets an application-supplied widget to use to display a custom preview of the currently selected file. To implement a preview, after setting the preview widget, you connect to the prop update-preview signal, and call gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_filename() or gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_uri() on each change. If you can display a preview of the new file, update your widget and set the preview active using gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget_active(). Otherwise, set the preview inactive.

When there is no application-supplied preview widget, or the application-supplied preview widget is not active, the file chooser will display no preview at all.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget ( N-GObject $preview_widget )

• N-GObject $preview_widget; widget for displaying preview.

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_preview_widget

Gets the current preview widget; see gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget().

Returns: (nullable) (transfer none): the current preview widget, or Any

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_widget ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_preview_widget_active

Sets whether the preview widget set by gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget() should be shown for the current filename. When active is set to false, the file chooser may display an internally generated preview of the current file or it may display no preview at all. See gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget() for more details.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget_active ( Int $active )

• Int $active; whether to display the user-specified preview widget

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_preview_widget_active

Gets whether the preview widget set by gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget() should be shown for the current filename. See gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget_active().

Returns: 1 if the preview widget is active for the current filename.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_widget_active ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_use_preview_label

Sets whether the file chooser should display a stock label with the name of the file that is being previewed; the default is 1. Applications that want to draw the whole preview area themselves should set this to 0 and display the name themselves in their preview widget.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget()

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_use_preview_label ( Int $use_label )

• Int $use_label; whether to display a stock label with the name of the previewed file

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_use_preview_label

Gets whether a stock label should be drawn with the name of the previewed file. See gtk_file_chooser_set_use_preview_label().

Returns: 1 if the file chooser is set to display a label with the name of the previewed file, 0 otherwise.

method gtk_file_chooser_get_use_preview_label ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_preview_filename

Gets the filename that should be previewed in a custom preview widget. See gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget().

Returns: (nullable) (type filename): the filename to preview, or Any if no file is selected, or if the selected file cannot be represented as a local filename. Free with g_free()

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_filename ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_preview_uri

Gets the URI that should be previewed in a custom preview widget. See gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget().

Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): the URI for the file to preview, or Any if no file is selected. Free with g_free().

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_uri ( --> Str  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_preview_file

Gets the GFile that should be previewed in a custom preview Internal function, see gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_uri().

Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): the GFile for the file to preview, or Any if no file is selected. Free with g_object_unref().

Since: 2.14

method gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_file ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_extra_widget

Sets an application-supplied widget to provide extra options to the user.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_extra_widget ( N-GObject $extra_widget )

• N-GObject $extra_widget; widget for extra options

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_extra_widget

Gets the current preview widget; see gtk_file_chooser_set_extra_widget().

Returns: (nullable) (transfer none): the current extra widget, or Any

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_extra_widget ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] add_filter

Adds filter to the list of filters that the user can select between. When a filter is selected, only files that are passed by that filter are displayed.

Note that the chooser takes ownership of the filter, so you have to ref and sink it if you want to keep a reference.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_add_filter ( N-GObject $filter )

• N-GObject $filter; (transfer full): a Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] remove_filter

Removes filter from the list of filters that the user can select between.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_remove_filter ( N-GObject $filter )

• N-GObject $filter; a Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] list_filters

Lists the current set of user-selectable filters; see gtk_file_chooser_add_filter(), gtk_file_chooser_remove_filter().

Returns: (element-type Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter) (transfer container): a GSList containing the current set of user selectable filters. The contents of the list are owned by GTK+, but you must free the list itself with g_slist_free() when you are done with it.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_list_filters ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_filter

Sets the current filter; only the files that pass the filter will be displayed. If the user-selectable list of filters is non-empty, then the filter should be one of the filters in that list. Setting the current filter when the list of filters is empty is useful if you want to restrict the displayed set of files without letting the user change it.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_set_filter ( N-GObject $filter )

• N-GObject $filter; a Gnome::Gtk3::FileFilter

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_filter

Gets the current filter; see gtk_file_chooser_set_filter().

Returns: (nullable) (transfer none): the current filter, or Any

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_get_filter ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] add_shortcut_folder

Adds a folder to be displayed with the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Internal function, see gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder().

Returns: 1 if the folder could be added successfully, 0 otherwise.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder ( Str $folder, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• Str $folder; file for the folder to add

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store error, or Any

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] remove_shortcut_folder

Removes a folder from the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Internal function, see gtk_file_chooser_remove_shortcut_folder().

Returns: 1 if the folder could be removed successfully, 0 otherwise.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_remove_shortcut_folder ( Str $folder, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• Str $folder; file for the folder to remove

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store error, or Any

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] list_shortcut_folders

Queries the list of shortcut folders in the file chooser, as set by gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder().

Returns: (nullable) (element-type filename) (transfer full): A list of folder filenames, or Any if there are no shortcut folders. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with g_free().

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_list_shortcut_folders ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] add_shortcut_folder_uri

Adds a folder URI to be displayed with the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Note that shortcut folders do not get saved, as they are provided by the application. For example, you can use this to add a “file:///usr/share/mydrawprogram/Clipart” folder to the volume list.

Returns: 1 if the folder could be added successfully, 0 otherwise. In the latter case, the error will be set as appropriate.

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder_uri ( Str $uri, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• Str $uri; URI of the folder to add

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store error, or Any

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] remove_shortcut_folder_uri

Removes a folder URI from a file chooser’s list of shortcut folders.

Returns: 1 if the operation succeeds, 0 otherwise. In the latter case, the error will be set as appropriate.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder_uri()

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_remove_shortcut_folder_uri ( Str $uri, N-GError $error --> Int  )

• Str $uri; URI of the folder to remove

• N-GError $error; (allow-none): location to store error, or Any

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] list_shortcut_folder_uris

Queries the list of shortcut folders in the file chooser, as set by gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder_uri().

Returns: (nullable) (element-type utf8) (transfer full): A list of folder URIs, or Any if there are no shortcut folders. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the URIs with g_free().

Since: 2.4

method gtk_file_chooser_list_shortcut_folder_uris ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] add_choice

Adds a 'choice' to the file chooser. This is typically implemented as a combobox or, for boolean choices, as a checkbutton. You can select a value using gtk_file_chooser_set_choice() before the dialog is shown, and you can obtain the user-selected value in the prop response signal handler using gtk_file_chooser_get_choice().

Compare gtk_file_chooser_set_extra_widget().

Since: 3.22

method gtk_file_chooser_add_choice ( Str $id, Str $label, CArray[Str] $options, CArray[Str] $option_labels )

• Str $id; id for the added choice

• Str $label; user-visible label for the added choice

• CArray[Str] $options; ids for the options of the choice, or Any for a boolean choice

• CArray[Str] $option_labels; user-visible labels for the options, must be the same length as options

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] remove_choice

Removes a 'choice' that has been added with gtk_file_chooser_add_choice().

Since: 3.22

method gtk_file_chooser_remove_choice ( Str $id )

• Str $id; the ID of the choice to remove

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] set_choice

Selects an option in a 'choice' that has been added with gtk_file_chooser_add_choice(). For a boolean choice, the possible options are "true" and "false".

Since: 3.22

method gtk_file_chooser_set_choice ( Str $id, Str $option )

• Str $id; the ID of the choice to set

• Str $option; the ID of the option to select

[[gtk_] file_chooser_] get_choice

Gets the currently selected option in the 'choice' with the given ID.

Returns: the ID of the currenly selected option Since: 3.22

method gtk_file_chooser_get_choice ( Str $id --> Str  )

• Str $id; the ID of the choice to get

Signals

Register any signal as follows. See also Gnome::GObject::Object.

my Bool $is-registered = $my-widget.register-signal (
  $handler-object, $handler-name, $signal-name,
  :$user-option1, ..., :$user-optionN
)

Supported signals

current-folder-changed

This signal is emitted when the current folder in a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser changes. This can happen due to the user performing some action that changes folders, such as selecting a bookmark or visiting a folder on the file list. It can also happen as a result of calling a function to explicitly change the current folder in a file chooser.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal, unless you need to keep track of which folder a file chooser is showing.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder(), gtk_file_chooser_get_current_folder(), gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_uri(), gtk_file_chooser_get_current_folder_uri().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler_id,
  Gnome::GObject::Object :_widget($chooser),
  :$user-option1, ..., :$user-optionN
);

• $chooser; the object which received the signal.

selection-changed

This signal is emitted when there is a change in the set of selected files in a Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooser. This can happen when the user modifies the selection with the mouse or the keyboard, or when explicitly calling functions to change the selection.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal, as it is easier to wait for the file chooser to finish running, and then to get the list of selected files using the functions mentioned below.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_select_filename(), gtk_file_chooser_unselect_filename(), gtk_file_chooser_get_filename(), gtk_file_chooser_get_filenames(), gtk_file_chooser_select_uri(), gtk_file_chooser_unselect_uri(), gtk_file_chooser_get_uri(), gtk_file_chooser_get_uris().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler_id,
  Gnome::GObject::Object :_widget($chooser),
  :$user-option1, ..., :$user-optionN
);

• $chooser; the object which received the signal.

update-preview

This signal is emitted when the preview in a file chooser should be regenerated. For example, this can happen when the currently selected file changes. You should use this signal if you want your file chooser to have a preview widget.

Once you have installed a preview widget with gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget(), you should update it when this signal is emitted. You can use the functions gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_filename() or gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_uri() to get the name of the file to preview. Your widget may not be able to preview all kinds of files; your callback must call gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget_active() to inform the file chooser about whether the preview was generated successfully or not.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget(), gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget_active(), gtk_file_chooser_set_use_preview_label(), gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_filename(), gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_uri().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler_id,
  Gnome::GObject::Object :_widget($chooser),
  :$user-option1, ..., :$user-optionN
);

• $chooser; the object which received the signal.

file-activated

This signal is emitted when the user "activates" a file in the file chooser. This can happen by double-clicking on a file in the file list, or by pressing Enter.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal. It is used internally by Gnome::Gtk3::FileChooserDialog to know when to activate the default button in the dialog.

See also: gtk_file_chooser_get_filename(), gtk_file_chooser_get_filenames(), gtk_file_chooser_get_uri(), gtk_file_chooser_get_uris().

method handler (
  Int :$_handler_id,
  Gnome::GObject::Object :_widget($chooser),
  :$user-option1, ..., :$user-optionN
);

• $chooser; the object which received the signal.

confirm-overwrite

This signal gets emitted whenever it is appropriate to present a confirmation dialog when the user has selected a file name that already exists. The signal only gets emitted when the file chooser is in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode.

Most applications just need to turn on the do-overwrite-confirmation property (or call the gtk_file_chooser_set_do_overwrite_confirmation() function), and they will automatically get a stock confirmation dialog. Applications which need to customize this behavior should do that, and also connect to the prop confirm-overwrite signal.

A signal handler for this signal must return a GtkFileChooserConfirmation value, which indicates the action to take. If the handler determines that the user wants to select a different filename, it should return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_SELECT_AGAIN. If it determines that the user is satisfied with his choice of file name, it should return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_ACCEPT_FILENAME. On the other hand, if it determines that the stock confirmation dialog should be used, it should return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_CONFIRM.

Returns: a GtkFileChooserConfirmation value that indicates which action to take after emitting the signal.

Since: 2.8

method handler (
  Int :$_handler_id,
  Gnome::GObject::Object :_widget($chooser),
  :$user-option1, ..., :$user-optionN
  --> GtkFileChooserConfirmation
);

• $chooser; the object which received the signal.

Properties

An example of using a string type property of a Gnome::Gtk3::Label object. This is just showing how to set/read a property, not that it is the best way to do it. This is because a) The class initialization often provides some options to set some of the properties and b) the classes provide many methods to modify just those properties. In the case below one can use new(:label('my text label')) or gtk_label_set_text('my text label').

my Gnome::Gtk3::Label $label .= new;
my Gnome::GObject::Value $gv .= new(:init(G_TYPE_STRING));
$label.g-object-get-property( 'label', $gv);
$gv.g-value-set-string('my text label');

Supported properties

Action

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property action is G_TYPE_ENUM.

The type of operation that the file selector is performing

Default value: False Flags: GTK_PARAM_READWRITE

Filter

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property filter is G_TYPE_OBJECT.

The current filter for selecting which files are displayed

Widget type: GTK_TYPE_FILE_FILTER Flags: GTK_PARAM_READWRITE

Local Only

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property local-only is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether the selected file(s should be limited to local file: URLs)

Default value: True

Preview Widget Active

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property preview-widget-active is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether the application supplied widget for custom previews should be shown.

Default value: True

Use Preview Label

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property use-preview-label is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether to display a stock label with the name of the previewed file.

Default value: True

Select Multiple

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property select-multiple is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether to allow multiple files to be selected

Default value: False

Show Hidden

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property show-hidden is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether the hidden files and folders should be displayed

Default value: False

Do overwrite confirmation

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property do-overwrite-confirmation is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether a file chooser in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE mode will present an overwrite confirmation dialog if the user selects a file name that already exists.

Since: 2.8

Default value: False

Allow folder creation

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property create-folders is G_TYPE_BOOLEAN.

Whether a file chooser not in GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN mode will offer the user to create new folders.

Since: 2.18

Default value: True

Not yet supported properties

Preview widget

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property preview-widget is G_TYPE_OBJECT.

Application supplied widget for custom previews.

Widget type: GTK_TYPE_WIDGET Flags: GTK_PARAM_READWRITE

Extra widget

The Gnome::GObject::Value type of property extra-widget is G_TYPE_OBJECT.

Application supplied widget for extra options.

Widget type: GTK_TYPE_WIDGET Flags: GTK_PARAM_READWRITE