choose.dir {utils}R Documentation

Choose a Folder Interactively

Description

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

Usage

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

Arguments

default which folder to show initially
caption the caption on the selection dialog

Details

This brings up a dialog box with a text field to enter the folder path and a ‘Browse’ button to access the Windows shell folder selection widget.

With the default default = "", ‘My Computer’ (or similar) is initially selected.

To workaround a bug, on Vista and Server 2008 only folders under ‘Computer’ are accessible via the widget.

Value

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

See Also

choose.files

Examples

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

[Package utils version 2.6.2 Index]