Class: LocalFileDialog

LocalFileDialog()

A dialog box letting the user open a local file or save data to a local file.

Constructor

new LocalFileDialog()

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Classes

LocalFileDialog

Methods

(static) showDialog(xmlEditor, optionsopt, savedDataopt) → {Promise}

Displays a dialog box letting the user open a local file or save specified data to a local file.
Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Default Description
xmlEditor XMLEditor the XML editor hosting this dialog box.
options object <optional>
 {} options - dialog box options. See description in ResourceStorage#openResource.
savedData Blob <optional>
 null savedData - the data to be saved to a file; null to display an open file dialog.
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Returns:
A Promise containing info about the open or save file or null if user clicked Cancel.
file
Opened file.
fileHandle
Saved file handle; always null when !FSAccess.isAvailable().
uri
Absolute "file:" URI of selected file.
option_name
Only when a dialog box "accessory" has been specified: true if corresponding check box is checked; false otherwise.

On some Blink-based browsers, for example Brave, the "File System Access API" is disabled by default. In order to enable it, visit brave://flags/#file-system-access-api and change this setting from "Default" to "Enabled".

Type
Promise