Saving to a file
var win = ...; // BrowserWindow in which to show the dialog
const dialog = require('electron').dialog;
console.log(dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: [ 'openFile', 'openDirectory', 'multiSelections' ]}));
dialog.showOpenDialog([browserWindow, ]options[, callback])
dialog.showSaveDialog([browserWindow, ]options[, callback])
For both of these methods, the info about their parameters is the same.
options is an object containing:
- title String
- defaultPath String
- filters Array
- properties Array - Contains which features the dialog should use, can contain:
- openFile,
- openDirectory,
- multiSelections and
- createDirectory
The filters specifies an array of file types that can be displayed,
for example:
{
filters: [
{ name: 'Images', extensions: ['jpg', 'png', 'gif'] },
{ name: 'Movies', extensions: ['mkv', 'avi', 'mp4'] },
{ name: 'Custom File Type', extensions: ['as'] },
{ name: 'All Files', extensions: ['*'] }
]
}