Questions tagged [filechooser]

A GUI component that allows to navigate over the file system, selecting files and folders of interest.

Usually file chooser is similar to the file explorer. It allows to navigate over the file system, selecting files and folders of interest or to specify yet non-existing files in the existing folder ("Save as").

File chooser can often be configured to show only set of selected file types, allow or disallow multiple selection and allow or disallow selection of folders rather than files.

This component is present in libraries of many languages.

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Kivy FileChooser Overlapping

I am using the FileChooserListView from kivy and have run into a overlapping text on scroll with screens that another user came across as well. I looked through their post on GitHub and read that some people are using the plyer FileChooser. I also…
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JavaFX (Windows): How do I access the filesystem of a mobile device?

I'm trying to make a simple backup utility which will allow me to copy files from a smartphone to a folder, either on the computer's own hard drive or an external hard drive. However, when I call the following with a mobile device…
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Upload files using kivy

I am trying to create a signup screen that will allow users to also upload resumes and other file. I attempted doing so using filechooser, but it is not working. Do You please have any suggestion on how it can be done? class SignupWindow(Screen): …
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What to do to select a folder using filechooser in kivy

this is my python code: class Filechooser(Screen): def select(self, *args): try: self.label.text = args[1][0] except: pass def load(self,path): with open(path) as stream: global file_directory …
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Kivy Python FileChooser()

I want to make a filechooser button, which will choose a image file an display it on the window to classify the image. I just made an image recognition in kivy python, but want to add a button where user can choose a image file from there own…
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saving a file fiormat pdf file with java

I am trying to create a pdf file then save it to device using fileChooser It works the saving but when i go to the file to open it it doesn't open here is my code FileChooser fc = new FileChooser(); fc.getExtensionFilters().add(new…
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KivyMD with plyer Filechooser - How to get the path of a directory?

In KivyMD I use often the plyer Filechooser that looks to me really good for getting the path of a file, for a desktop application. PROBLEM: I cannot find a way to get the path of a directory, I can get at the moment only the path of a file. Can you…
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Index error when choosing file in a kivy popup window

def popping(self, button_instance): self.small_page = Popup(title='Choose jpg or png file',size_hint=(.8,.8)) self.scroll = ScrollView() self.small_page.add_widget(self.scroll) file_choose = FileChooserListView() …
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How to Make Kivy File Chooser auto refresh in python

So I have been coding this file explorer program. I have coded the copy function so far and the problem I am running into is that after I copy a file to its new directory(i.e. the directory that I am on currently in the filechooser) the file isn't…
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How to allow the user to choose save location and filename

I want to allow the user to choose the PDF file save location and filename. I'm generating PDF by using iText library. In the code I used, it's saving the PDF file in a predefined name and root folder. try { Document document = new Document(); …
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Kivy: other widgets don't work with TreeVIew , widgets don't respond to clicks

Trying to make an app with treeview and a menu - action bar, they do show there as you can see in the picture but I can't press them, they don't do anything. I tried with BoxLayout, GridLayout and FloatLayout and nothing changed. Also tried after…
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How to apply a check that there are no two same name files in main and sub directory in javafx

Basically i am making a program to save user notes in notepad that is .txt format and a user has his folder name with his username and he can also create a sub directory in it . So i want that whenever he saves a file , there is a check applied that…
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How to fix SWIFT_VERSION error on PhoneGap Build

I am working on a cordova app and using PhoneGap build to compile for iOS. I have added the to my app but for some reason it is causing the build to fail on PhoneGap build, and I get this…
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How to create multiple file choosers with a single function in C with GTK?

This function will create the file choosers. When I open the first file chooser and select a file everything works fine. When I open any other file chooser afterward the program crashes with a segmentation fault. void…
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TransactionTooLargeException when selecting many files using ACTION_GET_CONTENT intent

If you open an FileChooser using Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT and select a huge amount of files e.g. 2500, a TransactionTooLargeException will be thrown and then the process is killed without resuming in onActivityResult: public class MainActivity…
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