is a global option that specifies settings for the Insert File Path dialog box.


FileNameDialogSettings
is a global option that specifies settings for the Insert File Path dialog box.
Details

- The typical usage is FileNameDialogSettings->{opt1->val1,opt2->val2,…}.
- The following option may be specified:
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"StringFormat" True specifies the format for pasting the pathname of a file into a notebook when the Insert ▶ File Path menu item is used - With the default setting "StringFormat"->True, the pathname of the file is pasted into the notebook as a string. The pathname is expressed in a format appropriate for the operating system being used.
- With the setting "StringFormat"->False, the pathname is pasted as a FrontEnd`FileName expression.
See Also
Menu Items: File Path
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), FileNameDialogSettings, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileNameDialogSettings.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "FileNameDialogSettings." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileNameDialogSettings.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). FileNameDialogSettings. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileNameDialogSettings.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_filenamedialogsettings, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FileNameDialogSettings}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileNameDialogSettings.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_filenamedialogsettings, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FileNameDialogSettings}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileNameDialogSettings.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}