File Dialog

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In computing, a file dialog is a dialog box that allows users to choose a file from the file system.

File dialogs differ from file managers as they are not intended for file management, rather they are intended for the opening and saving of files.

Before file dialogs, most programs requested files as a command line argument or as an exact file path.

Others required users to select a file from the file manager.

There are several types of file dialogs. The two most common being a two column view file dialog and a mini file browser dialog.

Others include thumbnail view and Meta-data. There are several reasons for the many varieties of dialogs.