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16.2.2.2 File Selectors
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The
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The
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widget displays a tree view of a directory, its previous directories
and its sub-directories. The user can choose one of the directories
displayed in the list or change to another directory.
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class=
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The
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widget presents the directories in the file system in a dialog
window. The user can use this dialog window to navigate through the
file system to select the desired directory.
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The
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the user to choose a directory. DirSelectBox stores the directories mostly
recently selected into a ComboBox widget so that they can be quickly
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The
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widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It
provides an convenient method for the user to select files. The style
of the
<tt class=
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</tt> widget is very similar to the standard
file dialog on MS Windows
3.1.
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The
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is similar to the standard Motif(TM) file-selection box. It is
generally used for the user to choose a file. FileSelectBox stores the
files mostly recently selected into a
<tt class=
"class">ComboBox
</tt> widget so that
they can be quickly selected again.
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</span> <tt id='l2h-
4862' xml:id='l2h-
4862'
class=
"class">FileEntry
</tt></b>(
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The
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widget can be used to input a filename. The user can type in the
filename manually. Alternatively, the user can press the button widget
that sits next to the entry, which will bring up a file selection
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