Removing the "New Folder" button from OpenFileDialog

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Creating a an OpenFileDialog to choose a file, I get a “New Folder” button in the lower left hand corner of the Open File Dialog. A bit out of place (not sure why I’d want or need to create a new folder when I am opening a file…) so how do I get rid of it?

dialog = New OpenFileDialog
dialog.Filter = htmlType
f = dialog.ShowModal

Any thoughts welcome!

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That’s part of the OS dialog.

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Thanks Greg, does that mean there is no way to remove it? Is there perhaps another dialog instead without it?

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There is an option to not show this button, but to get at it, you need to re-write the entire OpenDialog class as Xojo has not exposed the .handle, which would allow us to alter this option.

I have a Feeedback request for exposing the .handle.

Edit: <https://xojo.com/issue/30959>

It would also enable us to customize the options and use the built-in OS supplied tags field.

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Maybe @Christian_Schmitz has something that works (similar to Customized File Open and Save Dialogs for Windows).

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You can also list all the files in a listbox, and when the user clicks on a file, it opens it.

You can even create a mockup of the open file dialog for the user interface coherence

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Thank you, Sam.

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I think Michel, I’ll do something along the lines of your suggestion. I hindsight, all I need is a list of possible files from which to choose.

Thanks!

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this is anyway quite strange.
that you have a “new folder” button for a savefolderitem is normal
but for an openfolderitem dialog, how would you create a folder while opening a file ???

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Agree!

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It’s a part of the OS dialog that the OS allows you to hide — Xojo just doesn’t give us that option.

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See NSSavePanelMBS and NSOpenPanelMBS classes with canCreateDirectories properties for macOS.

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Thanks Christian, appreciate your leads here!

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