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Hello people,

is there a possibility to choose a directory?

I want to implement a function in my extension GUI which can select a directory on my OS.

Like in HTML:
<input type="file" />

Thanks.

File/folder open dialog is not available, but it is possible to create a custom dialog:

net.opendir( path ): List a directory's contents.

The net module is again available in VLC-2.2, not in current VLC-2.1.x.

That's sadly not what I'm searching for. My extension already opens a dialog. I want to click on a button in this dialog and be able to select a directory. I believe there's no alternative for my reason.

As a workaround you could create your own dialog to browse for files/folders. You have 2 options - add/delete widgets in your current dialog box or delete the current dialog box and open a new one:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 14#p408965
Just use a list widget, where you can list a directory's contents. Then you have to parse the selected item and differentiate file or folder. Then just relist a new contets of another folder (subfolder) in the list widget.

Thanks you, mederi! You are very helpful.