NAME

       Curses::UI::Dialog::Filebrowser - Create and manipulate filebrowser dialogs

CLASS HIERARCHY

        Curses::UI::Widget
           |
           +----Curses::UI::Container
                   |
                   +----Curses::UI::Window
                           |
                           +----Curses::UI::Dialog::Filebrowser

SYNOPSIS

           use Curses::UI;
           my $cui = new Curses::UI;
           my $win = $cui->add('window_id', 'Window');

           # The hard way.
           # -------------
           my $dialog = $win->add(
               'mydialog', 'Dialog::Filebrowser'
           );
           $dialog->focus;
           my $file = $dialog->get();
           $win->delete('mydialog');

           # The easy way (see Curses::UI documentation).
           # --------------------------------------------
           $file = $cui->filebrowser();
           $file = $cui->loadfilebrowser();
           $file = $cui->savefilebrowser();

DESCRIPTION

       Curses::UI::Dialog::Filebrowser is a filebrowser dialog.  This type of dialog can be used
       to select a file, anywhere on the filesystem.

       See exampes/demo-Curses::UI::Dialog::Filebrowser in the distribution for a short demo.

OPTIONS

       •   -title < TEXT >

           Set the title of the dialog window to TEXT.

       •   -path < PATH >

           Set the path to start with to PATH. If this path does not exist, the filebrowser will
           start in the rootdirectory.

       •   -file < FILE >

           Set the filename to start with to FILE.

       •   -editfilename < BOOLEAN >

           If BOOLEAN has a true value, the user may edit the filename. This is for example
           useful for a filebrowser that is used to select a filename to save to. By default this
           option is set to false.

       •   -show_hidden < BOOLEAN >

           If BOOLEAN has a true value, hidden files (the filename starts with a dot) will also
           be shown. By default this option is set to false.

       •   -mask < ARRAYREF >

           If -mask is defined, a filemask popupbox will be added to the filebrowser dialog
           window. This popupbox will filter the list of files that is displayed, using a regular
           expression (case insensitive). The ARRAYREF contains a list of array references. Each
           array reference has two elements: a regexp and a description. Here's an example -mask:

               my $mask = [
                   [ '.',        'All files (*)'       ],
                   [ '\.txt$',   'Text files (*.txt)'  ]
                   [ 'howto',    'HOWTO documentation' ],
                   [ 'core',     'Core files'          ],
               ];

       •   -mask_selected < INDEX >

           Normally the first mask in the list of masks will be made active upon creation of the
           filebrowser. If you want another mask to be active, use the -mask_selected option. Set
           this value to the index of the mask you want to be active. For example: if you would
           want the "howto" mask in the above example to be active, you would use the value 2 for
           -mask_selected.

METHODS

       •   new ( OPTIONS )

       •   layout ( )

       •   draw ( BOOLEAN )

       •   focus ( )

           These are standard methods. See Curses::UI::Container for an explanation of these.

       •   get ( )

           This method will return the complete path to the file that was selected using the
           filebrowser. If no file was selected, this method will return an undefined value.

SPECIAL BINDINGS

       •   escape

           This will invoke the cancel button, so the filebrowser widget returns without
           selecting any file.

       •   ~

           If the directory- or filelistbox of the dialog window has the focus and the tilde (~)
           button is pressed, the filebrowser will chdir to the homedirectory of the current
           user.

SEE ALSO

       Curses::UI, Curses::UI::Container, Curses::UI::Buttonbox

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Maurice Makaay. All rights reserved.

       Maintained by Marcus Thiesen (marcus@cpan.thiesenweb.de)

       This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
       It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as perl itself.