electron/docs/dialog.md

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## Synopsis
The `dialog` module provides functions to show system dialogs, so web applications can get the same user experience with native applications.
An example of showing a dialog to select multiple files and directories:
```javascript
var win = ...; // window in which to show the dialog
var dialog = require('dialog');
console.log(dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: [ 'openFile', 'openDirectory', 'multiSelections' ]}));
```
## dialog.showOpenDialog(options)
* `options` Object
* `title` String
* `defaultPath` String
* `properties` Array - Contains which features the dialog should use, can contain `openFile`, `openDirectory`, `multiSelections` and `createDirectory`
On success, returns an array of file paths chosen by the user, otherwise returns `undefined`.
**Note:** The `dialog.showOpenDialog` API is synchronous and blocks all windows.
## dialog.showSaveDialog(browserWindow, options)
* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow
* `options` Object
* `title` String
* `defaultPath` String
On success, returns the path of file chosen by the user, otherwise returns `undefined`.
**Note:** The `dialog.showSaveDialog` API is synchronous and blocks all windows.
## dialog.showMessageBox([browserWindow], options)
* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow
* `options` Object
* `type` String - Can be `"none"`, `"info"` or `"warning"`
* `buttons` Array - Array of texts for buttons
* `title` String - Title of the message box, some platforms will not show it
* `message` String - Content of the message box
* `detail` String - Extra information of the message
Shows a message box, it will block until the message box is closed. It returns the index of the clicked button.
**Note:** The `dialog.showMessageBox` API is synchronous and blocks all windows.