"SelectFolderDialog" in .NET

Question

There is no SelectFolderDialog in .NET but It is present itself in Visual Studio 2010.

I was wondering if there is any external .net component like this form.

Here is the VS2010 Dialog :

SelectFolderDialog

Please Note that I dont want to use the FolderBrowserDialog and I need to get the Specific UI described in the SelectFolderDialog

Indeed, the FolderBrowserDialog is horrid. – ericosg May 25 '12 at 13:19 — ericosg, May 25 '12 at 13:19

Anders Gustafsson · Answer 1 · 2012-05-25T13:30:19.627

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Here is a library that provides access to the folder browser dialog etc. http://www.ookii.org/software/dialogs/

It is a wrapper around several Win32 dialogs, it provides both a Windows Forms and WPF variant, and it provides the "Vista style" SelectFolderDialog that you have displayed for example.

edited May 25 '12 at 13:30

answered May 25 '12 at 13:21

Anders Gustafsson

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David Heffernan · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-25T13:24:45.750

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To gain access to the posh new Vista folder selection dialog then I believe that you need to either:

Use a third party component, or
Use the native IFileDialog component.

Option 2 is easy enough using the Windows API CodePack. You need to include the FOS_PICKFOLDERS option. The CodePack comes with lots of examples. I commend it to you.

edited May 25 '12 at 13:24

answered May 25 '12 at 13:18

David Heffernan

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I can use it but i want the specific ui described in the "SelectFolderDialog". – Writwick May 25 '12 at 13:19
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yes, the FolderBrowserDialog is one of those controls I hate seeing in apps, especially when I've come from copying the path to the folder I need, only to find there's no place to paste! – ericosg May 25 '12 at 13:21
July 2023: CodePack link is dead. – fadden Jul 27 '23 at 23:22
@fadden rather than add a comment, you should edit the post to fix the broken link – David Heffernan Jul 28 '23 at 13:35
@DavidHeffernan: I did spend some time looking for a working link, but was unable to find one. – fadden Jul 28 '23 at 14:54

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