Motif file selection boxes

This is the xdatplot File Open... dialog box:

It is just one of several file selection boxes in xdatplot (File Save, File Export MIF, Marks Save, etc). All of these, in turn, are examples of the Motif File Selection box.

The dialog is fairly intuitive, but there are a few little tricks. The top text field and the left scrolled text area are used for selecting the directory. You can either edit the directory name in the text field, or double-click on the directory you want to go to in the scrolled text area. one trick: make sure that the directory name ends in "/*", or else the files within the directory won't be shown.

The right scrolled text area and the bottom text field select a file within the directory. Again, you can either edit the text field or click in the scrolled text area. Clicking OK will then open the file. Double-clicking in the list of filenames also works.

Leon Avery (leon@eatworms.swmed.edu