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# dialog
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-The `dialog` module provides APIs to show native system dialogs, so web
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-applications can deliver the same user experience as native applications.
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+The `dialog` module provides APIs to show native system dialogs, such as opening
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+files or alerting, so web applications can deliver the same user experience as
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+native applications.
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An example of showing a dialog to select multiple files and directories:
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@@ -15,23 +16,27 @@ console.log(dialog.showOpenDialog({ properties: [ 'openFile', 'openDirectory', '
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have to do is provide a `BrowserWindow` reference in the `browserWindow`
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parameter.
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-## dialog.showOpenDialog([browserWindow], [options], [callback])
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+## Methods
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-* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow
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-* `options` Object
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+The `dialog` module has the following methods:
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+
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+### `dialog.showOpenDialog([browserWindow][, options][, callback])`
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+* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow (optional)
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+* `options` Object (optional)
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* `title` String
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* `defaultPath` String
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* `filters` Array
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* `properties` Array - Contains which features the dialog should use, can
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contain `openFile`, `openDirectory`, `multiSelections` and
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`createDirectory`
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-* `callback` Function
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+* `callback` Function (optional)
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-On success, returns an array of file paths chosen by the user, otherwise
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-returns `undefined`.
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+On success this method returns an array of file paths chosen by the user,
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+otherwise it returns `undefined`.
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The `filters` specifies an array of file types that can be displayed or
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-selected, an example is:
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+selected when you want to limit the user to a specific type. For example:
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```javascript
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{
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@@ -44,28 +49,28 @@ selected, an example is:
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}
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```
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The `extensions` array should contain extensions without wildcards or dots (e.g.
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-`'png'` is good, `'.png'` and `'*.png'` are bad). To show all files, use the
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+`'png'` is good but `'.png'` and `'*.png'` are bad). To show all files, use the
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`'*'` wildcard (no other wildcard is supported).
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-If a `callback` is passed, the API call would be asynchronous and the result
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-would be passed via `callback(filenames)`
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+If a `callback` is passed, the API call will be asynchronous and the result
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+wil be passed via `callback(filenames)`
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**Note:** On Windows and Linux, an open dialog can not be both a file selector
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and a directory selector, so if you set `properties` to
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`['openFile', 'openDirectory']` on these platforms, a directory selector will be
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shown.
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-## dialog.showSaveDialog([browserWindow], [options], [callback])
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+### `dialog.showSaveDialog([browserWindow][, options][, callback])`
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-* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow
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-* `options` Object
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+* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow (optional)
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+* `options` Object (optional)
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* `title` String
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* `defaultPath` String
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* `filters` Array
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-* `callback` Function
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+* `callback` Function (optional)
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-On success, returns the path of the file chosen by the user, otherwise returns
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-`undefined`.
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+On success this method returns the path of the file chosen by the user,
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+otherwise it returns `undefined`.
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The `filters` specifies an array of file types that can be displayed, see
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`dialog.showOpenDialog` for an example.
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If a `callback` is passed, the API call will be asynchronous and the result
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will be passed via `callback(filename)`
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-## dialog.showMessageBox([browserWindow], options, [callback])
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+### `dialog.showMessageBox([browserWindow][, options][, callback])`
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-* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow
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-* `options` Object
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+* `browserWindow` BrowserWindow (optional)
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+* `options` Object (optional)
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* `type` String - Can be `"none"`, `"info"`, `"error"`, `"question"` or
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`"warning"`. On Windows, "question" displays the same icon as "info", unless
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- if you set an icon using the "icon" option
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- * `buttons` Array - Array of texts for buttons
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- * `title` String - Title of the message box, some platforms will not show it
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- * `message` String - Content of the message box
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- * `detail` String - Extra information of the message
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+ you set an icon using the "icon" option.
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+ * `buttons` Array - Array of texts for buttons.
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+ * `title` String - Title of the message box, some platforms will not show it.
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+ * `message` String - Content of the message box.
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+ * `detail` String - Extra information of the message.
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* `icon` [NativeImage](native-image.md)
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* `cancelId` Integer - The value will be returned when user cancels the dialog
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instead of clicking the buttons of the dialog. By default it is the index
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of the buttons that have "cancel" or "no" as label, or 0 if there is no such
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buttons. On OS X and Windows the index of "Cancel" button will always be
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- used as `cancelId`, not matter whether it is already specified
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- * `noLink` Boolean - On Windows Electron would try to figure out which ones of
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+ used as `cancelId`, not matter whether it is already specified.
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+ * `noLink` Boolean - On Windows Electron will try to figure out which one of
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the `buttons` are common buttons (like "Cancel" or "Yes"), and show the
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- others as command links in the dialog, this can make the dialog appear in
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+ others as command links in the dialog. This can make the dialog appear in
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the style of modern Windows apps. If you don't like this behavior, you can
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- specify `noLink` to `true`
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+ set `noLink` to `true`.
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* `callback` Function
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-Shows a message box, it will block until the message box is closed. It returns
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-the index of the clicked button.
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+Shows a message box, it will block the process until the message box is closed.
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+It returns the index of the clicked button.
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If a `callback` is passed, the API call will be asynchronous and the result
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-will be passed via `callback(response)`
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+will be passed via `callback(response)`.
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-## dialog.showErrorBox(title, content)
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+### `dialog.showErrorBox(title, content)`
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-Runs a modal dialog that shows an error message.
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+Displays a modal dialog that shows an error message.
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-This API can be called safely before the `ready` event of `app` module emits, it
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-is usually used to report errors in early stage of startup.
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+This API can be called safely before the `ready` event the `app` module emits,
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+it is usually used to report errors in early stage of startup.
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