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KitDirectoryPicker

Directory picker with request state and a clear action.

Directory picker with request state and a clear action.
Native screenshot of the same example, rendered with Skia.

Handle browse-requested through the host service and present its result in selected-name. Handle clear-requested separately to remove the accepted choice.

The control distinguishes pending, cancelled, failed and unsupported presentations through request-state. The application owns the directory value; the view does not open a dialog itself.

Complete example

This complete Slint file is a visual composition used to produce the screenshot above. Internal strings without a label property retain the kit’s default language; system dialogs follow the host platform. Projected state and callbacks requesting a decision need host wiring; the standalone fixture does not supply that controller. Set up the Rust project, then see the typed controller application for working editing, validation and selection.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
import { KitDirectoryPicker, KitTheme, KitThemes } from "@kit/kit.slint";

export component Example inherits Window {
    title: "KitDirectoryPicker example";
    preferred-width: 520px;
    preferred-height: 260px;
    max-width: 100000px;
    max-height: 100000px;
    background: root.theme.canvas;
    in-out property <KitTheme> theme: KitThemes.light;
    in-out property <string> status;
    VerticalLayout {
        padding: 24px; spacing: 16px; alignment: start;
        Text { text: "Directory Picker"; color: root.theme.text-primary; font-size: 20px * root.theme.text-scale; font-weight: 600; }
        KitDirectoryPicker { theme: root.theme; label: "Export folder"; selected-name: "Documents/Project exports"; browse-requested => { root.status = "Host folder request"; } }
        if root.status != "": Text { text: root.status; color: root.theme.text-secondary; font-size: 12px * root.theme.text-scale; wrap: word-wrap; }
    }
}

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Public API

Inherits Rectangle. The declarations below come from the component source. Parent properties remain available; see the controller guide for state management.

Properties

Name Type Direction
theme KitTheme in
control-size ControlSize in
access FieldAccess in
request-state HostRequestPresentation in
label string in
selected-name string in
error string in

Types and variants

Names below use Slint syntax. Shared Rust domain types live in slint_kit; presentation enums come from the Rust types generated by Slint.

Type Declaration
enum ControlSize compact, medium, comfortable
enum FieldAccess editable, read-only, disabled
enum HostRequestPresentation idle, pending, cancelled, failed, unsupported

Callbacks

Functions