Gio.File.prototype.get_child_for_display_name

function get_child_for_display_name(display_name: String): Gio.File {
    // Gjs wrapper for g_file_get_child_for_display_name()
}
  

Gets the child of file for a given display_name (i.e. a UTF-8 version of the name). If this function fails, it returns null and @error will be set. This is very useful when constructing a Gio.File for a new file and the user entered the filename in the user interface, for instance when you select a directory and type a filename in the file selector.

This call does no blocking I/O.

display_name

string to a possible child

Returns

a Gio.File to the specified child, or null if the display name couldn't be converted. Free the returned object with GObject.Object.prototype.unref.