NAME

       tk_chooseDirectory - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a directory.

SYNOPSIS

       tk_chooseDirectory ?option value ...?
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DESCRIPTION

       The  procedure tk_chooseDirectory pops up a dialog box for the user to select a directory.
       The following option-value pairs are possible as command line arguments:

       -command string
              Specifies the prefix of a Tcl command to invoke when the  user  closes  the  dialog
              after  having  selected  an item. This callback is not called if the user cancelled
              the dialog. The actual command consists of string followed by a space and the value
              selected by the user in the dialog. This is only available on Mac OS X.

       -initialdir dirname
              Specifies  that  the  directories  in directory should be displayed when the dialog
              pops up. If this parameter is not specified, the initial directory defaults to  the
              current  working  directory  on non-Windows systems and on Windows systems prior to
              Vista.  On Vista and later systems, the initial  directory  defaults  to  the  last
              user-selected  directory for the application. If the parameter specifies a relative
              path, the return value will convert the relative path to an absolute path.

       -message string
              Specifies a message to include in the client area of  the  dialog.   This  is  only
              available on Mac OS X.

       -mustexist boolean
              Specifies whether the user may specify non-existent directories.  If this parameter
              is true, then the user may only select directories that already exist.  The default
              value is false.

       -parent window
              Makes  window  the  logical parent of the dialog. The dialog is displayed on top of
              its parent window. On Mac OS X, this turns the file dialog into a sheet attached to
              the parent window.

       -title titleString
              Specifies a string to display as the title of the dialog box. If this option is not
              specified, then a default title will be displayed.

EXAMPLE

              set dir [tk_chooseDirectory \
                      -initialdir ~ -title "Choose a directory"]
              if {$dir eq ""} {
                 label .l -text "No directory selected"
              } else {
                 label .l -text "Selected $dir"
              }

SEE ALSO

       tk_getOpenFile(3tk), tk_getSaveFile(3tk)

KEYWORDS

       directory, selection, dialog, platform-specific