Choose a Folder Interactively

Description

Use a Windows shell folder widget to choose a folder interactively.

Usage

choose.dir(default = "", caption = "Select folder")

Arguments

Details

This brings up the Windows shell folder selection widget. With the default default = "", ‘My Computer’ (or similar) is initially selected.

To workaround a bug, on Vista and later only folders under ‘Computer’ are accessible via the widget.

Value

A length-one character vector, character NA if ‘Cancel’ was selected.

Note

This is only available on Windows.

See Also

choose.files

Examples

  if (interactive())
        choose.dir(getwd(), "Choose a suitable folder")

Results

R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21) -- "Bug in Your Hair"
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> library(utils)
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_rel/result/utils/choose.dir.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: choose.dir
> ### Title: Choose a Folder Interactively
> ### Aliases: choose.dir
> ### Keywords: file
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> #  if (interactive())
>         choose.dir(getwd(), "Choose a suitable folder")
Error: could not find function "choose.dir"
Execution halted