electron/docs/api/browser/dialog.md

dialog

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:

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.