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# Dialog

## Overview

This part of the runtime provides access to native dialogs, such as File Selectors and Message boxes.Context

:::info Javascript
  Dialog is currently unsupported in the JS runtime.
:::

### OpenDirectoryDialog
Go Signature: `OpenDirectoryDialog(ctx context.Context, dialogOptions OpenDialogOptions) (string, error)`

Returns: Selected directory (blank if the user cancelled) or an error

Opens a dialog that prompts the user to select a directory. Can be customised using [OpenDialogOptions](#OpenDialogOptions).

### OpenFileDialog
Go Signature: `OpenFileDialog(ctx context.Context, dialogOptions OpenDialogOptions) (string, error)`

Returns: Selected file (blank if the user cancelled) or an error

Opens a dialog that prompts the user to select a file. Can be customised using [OpenDialogOptions](#OpenDialogOptions).


### OpenMultipleFilesDialog
Go Signature: `OpenMultipleFilesDialog(ctx context.Context, dialogOptions OpenDialogOptions) ([]string, error)`

Returns: Selected files (nil if the user cancelled) or an error

Opens a dialog that prompts the user to select multiple files. Can be customised using [OpenDialogOptions](#OpenDialogOptions).


### SaveFileDialog
Go Signature: `SaveFileDialog(ctx context.Context, dialogOptions SaveDialogOptions) (string, error)`

Returns: The selected file (blank if the user cancelled) or an error

Opens a dialog that prompts the user to select a filename for the purposes of saving. Can be customised using [SaveDialogOptions](#SaveDialogOptions).


### MessageDialog
Go Signature: `MessageDialog(ctx context.Context, dialogOptions MessageDialogOptions) (string, error)`

Returns: The text of the selected button or an error

Displays a message using a message dialog. Can be customised using [MessageDialogOptions](#MessageDialogOptions).

## Options

### OpenDialogOptions

```go
type OpenDialogOptions struct {
	DefaultDirectory           string
	DefaultFilename            string
	Title                      string
	Filters                    []FileFilter
	AllowFiles                 bool // Mac Only
	AllowDirectories           bool // Mac Only
	ShowHiddenFiles            bool // Mac Only
	CanCreateDirectories       bool // Mac Only
	ResolvesAliases            bool // Mac Only
	TreatPackagesAsDirectories bool // Mac Only
}
```

### SaveDialogOptions

```go
type SaveDialogOptions struct {
	DefaultDirectory           string
	DefaultFilename            string
	Title                      string
	Filters                    []FileFilter
	ShowHiddenFiles            bool // Mac Only
	CanCreateDirectories       bool // Mac Only
	TreatPackagesAsDirectories bool // Mac Only
}
```

### MessageDialogOptions

```go
type MessageDialogOptions struct {
	Type          DialogType
	Title         string
	Message       string
	Buttons       []string
	DefaultButton string // Mac Only
	CancelButton  string // Mac Only
	Icon          string // Mac Only
}
```

import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';

<Tabs
  defaultValue="Windows"
  values={[
    {label: 'Windows', value: 'Windows'},
    {label: 'MacOS', value: 'MacOS'},
    {label: 'Linux', value: 'Linux'},
  ]}>
  <TabItem value="MacOS">
    Both "DefaultButton" and "CancelButton" should match a value in "Buttons".
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="Windows">
    Windows has standard dialog types and the buttons are not customisable. The
    value returned will be one of: "Ok", "Cancel", "Abort", "Retry", "Ignore", "Yes", "No", "Try Again" or "Continue"
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="Linux">
    Coming Soon...
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

#### DialogType

```go
const (
     	InfoDialog     DialogType = "info"
     	WarningDialog  DialogType = "warning"
     	ErrorDialog    DialogType = "error"
     	QuestionDialog DialogType = "question"
     )
```

### FileFilter

```go
type FileFilter struct {
	DisplayName string // Filter information EG: "Image Files (*.jpg, *.png)"
	Pattern     string // semi-colon separated list of extensions, EG: "*.jpg;*.png"
}
```