How to use the Folder Browser control in WinForms?
The WinForms Folder Browser component provides a convenient and easy to use object-oriented wrapper for the Win32 Shell Folder Browser API that helps in accessing the system folders. The following properties are used to set the location of the FolderBrowser control.
FolderBrowser Properties | Description |
StartLocation | Specifies the location of the root folder from where the browsing is to be started. |
CustomStartLocation | Gets or sets the custom start location to show the dialog. |
SelectLocation | Gets or sets the selected location to show the dialog. |
DirectoryPath | Retrieves the location of the selected folder. |
You can set the desired location of the FolderBrowser Dialog points. The StartLocation property provides various options to specify the location of the root folder from where the browsing is to be started. The custom start location of the FolderBrowser can be set by using the property, CustomStartLocation.
The following code example demonstrates the same.
C#
//Sets the custom start location for showing the dialog.
folderBrowser1.CustomStartLocation = textBox1.Text;
//Sets the selected location for showing the dialog
folderBrowser1.SelectLocation = textBox1.Text;
// Sets the start location for the folder browser dialog.
folderBrowser1.StartLocation = FolderBrowserFolder.MyDocuments;
//Retrieves the location of the selected folder.
textBox1.Text = folderBrowser1.DirectoryPath;
VB
'Sets the custom start location for showing the dialog.
folderBrowser1.CustomStartLocation = textBox1.Text
'Sets the selected location for showing the dialog.
folderBrowser1.SelectLocation = textBox1.Text
'Sets the start location for the folder browser dialog.
folderBrowser1.StartLocation = FolderBrowserFolder.MyDocuments
'Retrieves the location of the selected folder.
textBox1.Text = folderBrowser1.DirectoryPath
The screenshot displays the Folder Browser.
Figure 1: Folder browser dialog box
Sample Link:
https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/136531/FolderBrowser-488198065.zip
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning on how to use the Folder Browser control in WinForms.
You can refer to our WinForms Folder Browser feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WinForms Folder Browser example to understand how to create and manipulate data.
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