[[using-shell-components-ui-pathinput]]
= Path Input

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The path input component asks a user for a `Path` and gives additional information about a path itself.

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The following screencast shows typical output from a path input component:

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The context object is `PathInputContext`. The following table describes its context variables:

[[pathinputcontext-template-variables]]
.PathInputContext Template Variables
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|Key |Description

|`model`
|The parent context variables (see xref:components/ui/render.adoc#textcomponentcontext-template-variables[TextComponentContext Template Variables]).
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