YAD Calendar

The file selection options need to be prefixed by yad --file EG:

The file /home/ingemar/hello.txt must exist.

This will select /home/ingemar/hello.txt

Allow multiple selection.

Use the Ctrl or Shift keys when selecting.

It’s all well and good being able to bring up a file select dialog but it needs to be able to parse the information selected.

One way is to assign the file selection dialog to a variable like:

To see how it works try selecting a graphics file in a script like this:

Make sure you make the script executable.

When you have choosen a fil in the dialok and klick on the OK button ristretto will star and show the selected picture.

Activate directory-only selection

Only directories will be selectable.

Activate save mode.

This provides a way to save a file.
If you type test.txt in the name field and click on OK the output will be:
/home/ingemar/test.txt

Specify separator character when returning multiple filenames.
Default separator is`|`.

Add a filename filter.
NAME is a displayed filter name, PATTERN is a shell-style filename pattern (for example *.txt). This option may be used multiple times.

This will only show files with the file extensions txt and text.

Add a mime-type filter.
NAME is a displayed filter name, PATTERN is a name of mime type (for example text/plain). This option may be used multiple times.

This will only show html files.

Add filter for images supported by gdk-pixbuf library.
NAME in as optional name for this filter.

This will only show images.

Add preview widget.
Preview images loads from normal (default) or large thumbnails.

Display a file selector with the title Select a file to remove. The file selected is returned on standard output.

Set the window icon.