Document how to select a directory in `gr.FileExplorer` about gradio HOT 9 OPEN

Ok thanks for clarifying, yes if you are just doing it for local use, you can use gr.FileExplorer. It is possible to allow selecting directories, but its not well-documented. Can you try:

import gradio as gr

with gr.Blocks() as demo:
    gr.FileExplorer(glob="**/")

demo.launch()

We'll update the docs to make this clearer

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Do you need to select a folder on the developer's computer (the one hosting the Gradio app), or on the user's computer (i.e. you share this on Spaces or with a share link, and the user is selecting a path on their own computer)? Browsers prevent the latter for security reasons, but the former is possible using gr.FileExplorer component

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@abidlabs when using on your local device through 127.0.0.1

gr.FileExplorer is for folder or file selection? i want to select folder path like with c# folder selection

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

class FolderSelectionExample
{
    static void Main()
    {
        using (var folderDialog = new FolderBrowserDialog())
        {
            folderDialog.Description = "Select a folder";
            folderDialog.RootFolder = Environment.SpecialFolder.MyComputer;
            folderDialog.ShowNewFolderButton = true;

            DialogResult result = folderDialog.ShowDialog();

            if (result == DialogResult.OK && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(folderDialog.SelectedPath))
            {
                string selectedFolder = folderDialog.SelectedPath;
                Console.WriteLine("Selected folder: " + selectedFolder);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Folder selection canceled or invalid.");
            }
        }

        Console.ReadLine(); // Keep console window open
    }
}

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For future reference, this PR contains the relevant discussion: #6689

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import gradio as gr

with gr.Blocks() as demo:
    gr.FileExplorer(glob="**/")

demo.launch()

thank you so much

just tested your code and nothing happens :)

Gradio 4.44.0

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Are there any directories in the working directory of your app? It seems like there aren't. You can set a different working directory using the root_dir parameter

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Are there any directories in the working directory of your app? It seems like there aren't. You can set a different working directory using the root_dir parameter

@abidlabs , no i dont mean that. what i mean is like this that kohya gui has implemented

step 1 - click yellow icon

step 2 - go to folder

step 3 - click select folder

step 4 - folder copy pasted into input field

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To be honest, I'm not sure how they implemented that, since I thought that you couldn't select paths in this way using a file explorer, but maybe its possible. Will have to look. Perhaps they created a custom component, have you taken a look?

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To be honest, I'm not sure how they implemented that, since I thought that you couldn't select paths in this way using a file explorer, but maybe its possible. Will have to look. Perhaps they created a custom component, have you taken a look?

i wish i knew. his gui py here : https://github.com/bmaltais/kohya_ss/blob/master/kohya_gui.py

actual code : https://github.com/bmaltais/kohya_ss/blob/master/kohya_gui/dreambooth_gui.py

more actual code : https://github.com/bmaltais/kohya_ss/blob/master/kohya_gui/common_gui.py

above file has

try:
    from tkinter import filedialog, Tk
except ImportError:
    pass
from easygui import msgbox, ynbox
from typing import Optional
from .custom_logging import setup_logging

it works really amazing

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