Public Spec for Microsoft.Windows.Storage.Pickers #5155
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| | **Attribute** | **Type** | **Description** | | ||
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| | `ViewMode` | [Microsoft::Windows::Storage::Pickers::PickerViewMode](./PickerViewMode.md) | Gets or sets the view mode that the file picker is using to present items. | | ||
| | `SuggestedStartLocation` | [Microsoft::Windows::Storage::Pickers::PickerLocationId](./PickerLocationId.md)| Gets or sets the initial location where the file picker looks for files. | |
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Is there a chance SuggestedStartLocationDirectory will be added, where you can provide any string file path (e.g. if SuggestedStartLocation == PickerLocationId.Unspecified)? (see #4942 (comment))
It would be a bummer if this limitation, that only applies to the UWP picker and UWP apps and not the COM picker, would be retained. From history, if it's not being addressed now, it will forever stay like that :/
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btw: It's certainly a feature that would be much appreciated as @whiskhub said. There is a quite popular issue dotnet/maui#9212 on the MAUI side asking for this feature. A person did a great research into it here.
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I agree, a SuggestedStartLocationDirectory would be very useful. If you don't implement that, please at least implement the SettingsIdentifier, otherwise the start location will be even less customizable than in UWP.
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Is the general principle in WindowsAppSDK to continue using the StorageFile and StorageFolder types? I mean if writing in C#, using the .Net IO functions is more convenient, in which case it's preferable just to have file paths and not have the overhead of the StorageFile/Folder instances. However, I have to admit, I'm not full up to date with all the possible security models that can be used with WindowsAppSDK, so maybe there's a reason for using StorageFile and StorageFolder instead of just returning the file path? |
The public Spec for
Microsoft.Windows.Storage.PickersPreview: Microsoft.Windows.Storage.Pickers.md