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# (C) Copyright 2004-2023 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
# All rights reserved.
#
# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
#
# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
"""
**WARNING**
This demo might not work as expected and some documented features might be
missing.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This demonstrates one of the simplest cases of using the TraitsUI file dialog
to select a file for opening (i.e. reading or editing).
The first question of course is why use the TraitsUI file dialog at all, when
the standard OS file dialog is also available?
And the answer is that you can use either, but the advantages of using the
TraitsUI file dialog are:
- It supports history. That is, each time the user selects a file for opening,
the file is added to a persistent history list, similar to many applications
*Open recent...* function, but built directly into the file dialog.
The amount of history remembered can be specified by the developer, with the
default being the last 10 files opened.
- It is resizable. Some standard OS file dialogs are not resizable, which can
be very annoying to the user trying to select a file through a tiny
peephole view of the file system. In addition, if the user resizes the
dialog, the new size and position will be persisted, so that the file dialog
will appear in the same location the next time the user wants to open a
file.
- There is a very nice synergy between the file system view and the history
list. Quite often users shuttle between several *favorite* locations in
the file system when opening files. The TraitsUI file dialog automatically
discovers these favorite locations just by the user opening files. When a
user opens the file dialog, they can select a previously opened file from
the history list, which then automatically causes the file system view to
expand the selected file's containing folder, thus allowing them to select a
different file in the same location. Since the history list is updated each
time a user selects a file, It tends to automatically discover a *working
set* of favorite directories just through simple use, without the user
having to explicitly designate them as such.
- It's customizable. The TraitsUI file dialog accepts extension objects which
can be used to display additional file information or even modify the
selection behavior of the dialog. Several extensions are provided with
TraitsUI (and are demonstrated in some of the other examples), and you are
free to write your own by implementing a very simple interface.
- The history and user settings are customizable per application. Just by
setting a unique id in the file dialog request, you can specify that the
history and window size and position information are specific to your
application. If you have file dialog extensions added, the user can
reorder, resize and reconfigure the overall file dialog layout, including
your extensions, and have their custom settings restored each time they use
the file dialog. If you do not specify a unique id, then the history and
user settings default to the system-wide settings for the file dialog. It's
your choice.
- It's easy to use. That's what this particular example is all about. So take
a look at the source code for this example to see how easy it is...
"""
# Issue related to the demo warning: enthought/traitsui#953
from traits.api import HasTraits, File, Button
from traitsui.api import View, HGroup, Item
from traitsui.file_dialog import open_file
# -- FileDialogDemo Class -------------------------------------------------
class FileDialogDemo(HasTraits):
# The name of the selected file:
file_name = File()
# The button used to display the file dialog:
open = Button('Open...')
# -- Traits View Definitions ----------------------------------------------
traits_view = View(
HGroup(
Item('open', show_label=False),
'_',
Item('file_name', style='readonly', springy=True),
),
width=0.5,
)
# -- Traits Event Handlers ------------------------------------------------
def _open_changed(self):
"""Handles the user clicking the 'Open...' button."""
file_name = open_file()
if file_name != '':
self.file_name = file_name
# Create the demo:
demo = FileDialogDemo()
# Run the demo (if invoked from the command line):
if __name__ == '__main__':
demo.configure_traits()
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