---
title: "savefiledialog"
description: "Shows a Windows save-path chooser."
---
```lua
savefiledialog(filter: string?, title: string? = "Save File"): string?
```
---
## Aliases
None.
---
## Arguments
A NUL-separated Win32 filter string containing label/pattern pairs.
The native dialog title.
---
## Returns
The selected absolute destination path, or nil on cancel/native failure. No file is written.
Returns an absolute path or nil. It selects a destination; it does not write a file.
---
## Example
```lua
print(savefiledialog("Text files *.txt ", "Choose output") or "Cancelled")
```