answer folder

Displays a file dialog box for the user to choose a folder.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security: disk

# Syntax

answer folder prompt [with defaultPath] [titled windowTitle] [as sheet]

# Params

- prompt : If you specify empty, no prompt appears. - defaultPath : The name and location of the folder whose contents are listed when the <dialog box> appears. If no defaultPath is specified, the <dialog box> lists the contents of the last <folder> you used with a <file dialog box>. - windowTitle : If specified, appears in the title bar of the dialog box. If no <windowTitle> is given, the title bar is blank. This parameter has no effect on macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) and above, so make sure that any important information is placed in the <prompt> parameter.

# Examples

answer folder "Please choose a folder:"

if it is empty then answer folder chooseMsg as sheet

answer folder "Where is the data?" with "../data_stacks/recent"

# Description

Use the answer folder command when you want the user to choose a folder --for example, as a destination for export files.

If the as sheet form is used, the dialog box appears as a sheet on OS X systems. On other systems, the as sheet form has no effect and the dialog box appears normally. Attempting to open a sheet from within another sheet displays the second stack as a modal dialog box instead. To give a dialog box a prompt when using the as sheet form a non-empty title must be provided. This will cause the prompt to appear in the same place it would if as sheet was not being used.

If the systemFileSelector property is set to false, LiveCode's built-in dialog box is used instead of the operating system's file dialog box.

# Tags

file system,

# See

- **keyword:** it - **command:** answer file, revDeleteFolder - **function:** result, files - **glossary:** property, return, variable, modal dialog box, export, file dialog box, folder, command, dialog box