multiple default files for uigetfile
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I selected multiple files with uigetfile. later I call uigetfile again and would like to use the previously selected files as defaults, so that I can easily deselect or add files.
Can anybody help me how to have multiple default files?
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Jan
on 4 Mar 2021
Sorry, Andreas and Mario, did you see my suggestion? It does work as far as I can see.
[file, folder] = uigetfile('*.png','Select an icon file', ...
'"file1.png" "file2.png" "file3.png"')
Mario Malic
on 4 Mar 2021
Yes, it's possible to put it in the uigetfile filter, but when you select another file (with and without Control button), list of files that were in the field are gone.
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Jan
on 4 Mar 2021
Edited: Jan
on 4 Mar 2021
Under Windows this works:
% Select multiple M-files:
[File, Folder] = uigetfile('*.m', 'Choose files', '', 'Multiselect', 'on')
% Provide the files as char vector with double quotes aroud the names:
Default = sprintf('"%s" ', File{:});
Default(end) = []; % Remove trailing space, just to be lean
[File2, Folder2] = uigetfile('*.m', 'Choose files', Default, 'Multiselect', 'on')
% Pressing Enter selects the both default files.
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Jan
on 5 Mar 2021
I see. You are right: Matlab's call to the file chooser dialog does not select the default file oder files. This is a "feature" of the Java FileChooser dialog, which does not offer a method for an initial selection. See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33945713/setselectedfilefile-file-does-not-present-selection-in-gui-of-jfilechooser
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