Is it possible to see the list of files in a folder while using UIGETDIR on a Windows machine?

I would like to see the UIGETDIR for Windows behave more like the version for the Mac. That is, I would like to have an option where it can list files in the folder before I select a folder using UIGETDIR. Sometimes you do not know if you are in the correct folder unless you can see the filenames in it.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to see the list of files in a folder while using UIGETDIR on Windows machines does not exist in MATLAB 7.9 (R2009b).

As a workaround, use UIGETFILE to select a file in the directory of interest, and use the second output argument to retrieve the path to the directory:

[file, path] = uigetfile