> I have a method:
> openSimulationFile
>         inFile := (StandardFileStream fileNamed:
> '/Users/amaloney/Squeak/30shoes.txt') ascii
> I want to replace the hard coded fully qualified filename with the result of
> a file browser dialog.
>
> I've done some Googling and poked around in the system browser and I find
> that if I enter (in a playground)
> UIManager default chooseDirectory and inspect-it I get: a FileReference
> (/Users/amaloney/Squeak)
> and if I try UIManager default chooseFileMatching: #( '*.txt' ) I get: a
> ByteString ('Readme.txt').
>
> It seems that UIManager chooseDirectory is the method I should start
> exploring (since it returns a FileReference object) but the method is:
> chooseDirectory
>         "Let the user choose a directory"
>         ^self chooseDirectoryFrom: FileSystem workingDirectory
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> and when I look at chooseDirectoryFrom: I get
> chooseDirectoryFrom: dir
>         "Let the user choose a directory"
>         ^self chooseDirectory: nil from: dir
> so I look at chooseDirectory: from:
> and I get:
> chooseDirectory: label from: dir
>         "Let the user choose a directory"
>         ^self subclassResponsibility
> Which doesn't help so I dig around in the docs some more and find out that
> the green down arrow is clickable.
> When I click it and choose MorphicUlManager>>#chooseDirectory:from:
> the method definition is:
> chooseDirectory: label from: dir
>         "Answer the user choice of a directory."
>
>         | modalMorph realLabel |
>         realLabel := label ifNil: ['Choose Directory' translated].
>         (ProvideAnswerNotification signal: realLabel) ifNotNil: [:answer |
>                 ^answer ].
>         modalMorph := self modalMorph.
>         ^modalMorph theme
>                 chooseDirectoryIn: modalMorph
>                 title: realLabel
>                 path: (dir ifNotNil: [dir fullName])
>
> The problem is that I cannot find a chooseDirectoryIn:title:path: method.
>
> I wrote this all out hoping someone can tell me where I chose the wrong
> rabbit hole and can point me to instructions on how to choose the correct
> rabbit hole. ;-) (Also, if there is a short answer i.e. use this
> object>>method, I'd appreciate that as well.)
>
> Thanks,
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> Mike
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