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    my $dialog = $win->add(
        'mydialog', 'Dialog::Filebrowser'
    );
    $dialog->focus;
    my $file = $dialog->get();
    $win->delete('mydialog');

    # The easy way (see Curses::UI documentation).
    # --------------------------------------------
    $file = $cui->filebrowser();
    $file = $cui->loadfilebrowser();
    $file = $cui->savefilebrowser();




=head1 DESCRIPTION

Curses::UI::Dialog::Filebrowser is a filebrowser dialog. 
This type of dialog can be used to select a file, anywhere
on the filesystem.

See exampes/demo-Curses::UI::Dialog::Filebrowser in the 
distribution for a short demo.



=head1 OPTIONS

=over 4

=item * B<-title> < TEXT >

Set the title of the dialog window to TEXT.

=item * B<-path> < PATH >

Set the path to start with to PATH. If this path
does not exist, the filebrowser will start in the
rootdirectory.

=item * B<-file> < FILE >

Set the filename to start with to FILE.

=item * B<-editfilename> < BOOLEAN >

If BOOLEAN has a true value, the user may edit
the filename. This is for example useful for a 
filebrowser that is used to select a filename to 
save to. By default this option is set to false.

=item * B<-show_hidden> < BOOLEAN >

If BOOLEAN has a true value, hidden files (the filename
starts with a dot) will also be shown. By default this
option is set to false.

=item * B<-mask> < ARRAYREF >

If B<-mask> is defined, a filemask popupbox will be added
to the filebrowser dialog window. This popupbox will filter
the list of files that is displayed, using a regular expression
(case insensitive). The ARRAYREF contains a list of array 
references. Each array reference has two elements: a regexp and 
a description. Here's an example B<-mask>:

    my $mask = [
        [ '.',        'All files (*)'       ],
        [ '\.txt$',   'Text files (*.txt)'  ]
        [ 'howto',    'HOWTO documentation' ],
        [ 'core',     'Core files'          ],
    ];    

=item * B<-mask_selected> < INDEX >

Normally the first mask in the list of masks will be made 
active upon creation of the filebrowser. If you want 
another mask to be active, use the B<-mask_selected>
option. Set this value to the index of the mask you want
to be active. For example: if you would want the "howto"
mask in the above example to be active, you would use 
the value 2 for B<-mask_selected>.

=back




=head1 METHODS

=over 4

=item * B<new> ( OPTIONS )

=item * B<layout> ( )

=item * B<draw> ( BOOLEAN )

=item * B<focus> ( )

These are standard methods. See L<Curses::UI::Container|Curses::UI::Container> 
for an explanation of these.

=item * B<get> ( )

This method will return the complete path to the file that was
selected using the filebrowser. If no file was selected, this
method will return an undefined value.

=back



=head1 SPECIAL BINDINGS

=over 4

=item * B<escape>

This will invoke the cancel button, so the filebrowser widget
returns without selecting any file.