# File System Folder Selector in module property

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-system-folder-selector-in-module-property/12676>\
**Category:** 3rd Party Modules\
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-system-folder-selector-in-module-property/12676 "2017-02-14T00:42:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![cdulgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@cdulgar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cdulgar)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-system-folder-selector-in-module-property/12676/1 "2017-02-14T00:42:54Z")

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My custom module has a String property named “myFolder” exposed to the Ignition designer. How do I display a “File System Directory Selector” for the User to use?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-system-folder-selector-in-module-property/12676/2 "2017-02-14T02:43:03Z")

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There are multiple overloads of the [DefaultBeanInfo](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition784rc1/com/inductiveautomation/vision/api/designer/beans/DefaultBeanInfo.html).addProp() method, [one of which](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition784rc1/com/inductiveautomation/vision/api/designer/beans/DefaultBeanInfo.html#addProp-java.lang.String-java.lang.String-java.lang.String-java.lang.String-int-java.lang.Class-) accepts a customEditor argument of type [SwingEditorSupport](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition784rc1/com/inductiveautomation/factorypmi/designer/property/editors/bb/SwingEditorSupport.html). That class’s grandchildren, under [ConfiguratorEditorSupport](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition784rc1/com/inductiveautomation/factorypmi/designer/property/editors/ConfiguratorEditorSupport.html), seem to be all of the major property editors for Ignition’s components. I don’t see one that opens a local file path browser, but this is where I’d start looking.