diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/files.d b/src/dlangui/core/files.d
index 6bea71a8..d2604880 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/files.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/files.d
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ bool filterFilename(string filename, string[] filters) {
 
     Returns true if directory exists and listed successfully, false otherwise.
 */
-bool listDirectory(string dir, bool includeDirs, bool includeFiles, bool showHiddenFiles, string[] filters, ref DirEntry[] entries) {
+bool listDirectory(string dir, bool includeDirs, bool includeFiles, bool showHiddenFiles, string[] filters, ref DirEntry[] entries, bool showExecutables = false) {
 
     entries.length = 0;
 
@@ -216,9 +216,23 @@ bool listDirectory(string dir, bool includeDirs, bool includeFiles, bool showHid
             foreach(DirEntry e; dirs)
                 entries ~= e;
         if (includeFiles)
-            foreach(DirEntry e; files)
-                if (filterFilename(e.name, filters))
+            foreach(DirEntry e; files) {
+                bool passed = false;
+                if (showExecutables) {
+                    version(Windows) {
+                        passed = e.name.endsWith(".exe") || e.name.endsWith(".EXE") 
+                            || e.name.endsWith(".cmd") || e.name.endsWith(".CMD") 
+                            || e.name.endsWith(".bat") || e.name.endsWith(".BAT");
+                    } else version (posix) {
+                        // execute permission for others
+                        passed = (e.attributes & 1) != 0;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    passed = filterFilename(e.name, filters);
+                }
+                if (passed)
                     entries ~= e;
+            }
         return true;
     } catch (FileException e) {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d b/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
index 368399b4..aa64e9da 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/dialogs/filedlg.d
@@ -69,14 +69,20 @@ enum FileDialogFlag : uint {
 struct FileFilterEntry {
 	UIString label;
 	string[] filter;
-	this(UIString displayLabel, string filterList) {
+    bool executableOnly;
+	this(UIString displayLabel, string filterList, bool executableOnly = false) {
 		label = displayLabel;
 		if (filterList.length)
 			filter = split(filterList, ";");
+        this.executableOnly = executableOnly;
 	}
 }
 
-__gshared bool SHOW_FILE_DIALOG_IN_POPUP = true;
+version (Windows) {
+    __gshared bool SHOW_FILE_DIALOG_IN_POPUP = true;
+} else {
+    __gshared bool SHOW_FILE_DIALOG_IN_POPUP = false;
+}
 
 /// File open / save dialog
 class FileDialog : Dialog, CustomGridCellAdapter {
@@ -165,6 +171,12 @@ class FileDialog : Dialog, CustomGridCellAdapter {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+    @property bool executableFilterSelected() {
+		if (_filterIndex >= 0 && _filterIndex < _filters.length)
+			return _filters[_filterIndex].executableOnly;
+		return false;
+    }
+
     protected bool upLevel() {
         return openDirectory(parentDir(_path), _path);
     }
@@ -177,7 +189,7 @@ class FileDialog : Dialog, CustomGridCellAdapter {
         dir = buildNormalizedPath(dir);
         Log.d("FileDialog.openDirectory(", dir, ")");
         _fileList.rows = 0;
-        if (!listDirectory(dir, true, true, false, selectedFilter, _entries))
+        if (!listDirectory(dir, true, true, false, selectedFilter, _entries, executableFilterSelected))
             return false;
         _path = dir;
         _isRoot = isRoot(dir);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/dialogs/settingsdialog.d b/src/dlangui/dialogs/settingsdialog.d
index fd2a6d33..90befb7a 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/dialogs/settingsdialog.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/dialogs/settingsdialog.d
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class StringComboBoxItem : SettingsItem {
     override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
         TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
         ComboBox cb = new ComboBox(_id, _items);
-        //cb.minWidth = 100;
+        cb.minWidth = 200;
         Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.STRING);
         string itemId = setting.str;
         int index = -1;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class IntComboBoxItem : SettingsItem {
     override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
         TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
         ComboBox cb = new ComboBox(_id, _items);
-        //cb.minWidth = 100;
+        cb.minWidth = 100;
         Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.INTEGER);
         long itemId = setting.integer;
         int index = -1;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class FloatComboBoxItem : SettingsItem {
     override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
         TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
         ComboBox cb = new ComboBox(_id, _items);
-        //cb.minWidth = 100;
+        cb.minWidth = 100;
         Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.FLOAT);
         long itemId = cast(long)(setting.floating * _divider);
         int index = -1;
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class NumberEditItem : SettingsItem {
     override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
         TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
         EditLine ed = new EditLine(_id ~ "-edit", _label);
+        ed.minWidth = 100;
         Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.INTEGER);
         int n = cast(int)setting.integerDef(_defaultValue);
         if (_minValue != int.max && n < _minValue)
@@ -206,7 +207,57 @@ class StringEditItem : SettingsItem {
 	/// create setting widget
 	override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
 		TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
-		EditLine ed = new EditLine(_id ~ "-edit", _label);
+		EditLine ed = new EditLine(_id ~ "-edit");
+        ed.minWidth = 200;
+		Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.STRING);
+		string value = setting.strDef(_defaultValue);
+		setting.str = value;
+		ed.text = toUTF32(value);
+		ed.contentChange = delegate(EditableContent content) {
+			string value = toUTF8(content.text);
+			setting.str = value;
+		};
+		return [lbl, ed];
+	}
+}
+
+class FileNameEditItem : SettingsItem {
+	string _defaultValue;
+	this(string id, UIString label, string defaultValue) {
+		super(id, label);
+		_defaultValue = defaultValue;
+	}
+	/// create setting widget
+	override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
+        import dlangui.dialogs.filedlg;
+		TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
+		FileNameEditLine ed = new FileNameEditLine(_id ~ "-filename-edit");
+        ed.minWidth = 200;
+		Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.STRING);
+		string value = setting.strDef(_defaultValue);
+		setting.str = value;
+		ed.text = toUTF32(value);
+		ed.contentChange = delegate(EditableContent content) {
+			string value = toUTF8(content.text);
+			setting.str = value;
+		};
+		return [lbl, ed];
+	}
+}
+
+class ExecutableFileNameEditItem : SettingsItem {
+	string _defaultValue;
+	this(string id, UIString label, string defaultValue) {
+		super(id, label);
+		_defaultValue = defaultValue;
+	}
+	/// create setting widget
+	override Widget[] createWidgets(Setting settings) {
+        import dlangui.dialogs.filedlg;
+		TextWidget lbl = new TextWidget(_id ~ "-label", _label);
+		FileNameEditLine ed = new FileNameEditLine(_id ~ "-filename-edit");
+        ed.addFilter(FileFilterEntry(UIString("Executable files"d), "*.exe", true));
+        ed.minWidth = 200;
 		Setting setting = settings.settingByPath(_id, SettingType.STRING);
 		string value = setting.strDef(_defaultValue);
 		setting.str = value;
@@ -290,6 +341,20 @@ class SettingsPage {
 		return res;
 	}
 	
+	/// add EditLine to edit filename
+	FileNameEditItem addFileNameEdit(string id, UIString label, string defaultValue = "") {
+		FileNameEditItem res = new FileNameEditItem(id, label, defaultValue);
+		addItem(res);
+		return res;
+	}
+	
+	/// add EditLine to edit executable file name
+	ExecutableFileNameEditItem addExecutableFileNameEdit(string id, UIString label, string defaultValue = "") {
+		ExecutableFileNameEditItem res = new ExecutableFileNameEditItem(id, label, defaultValue);
+		addItem(res);
+		return res;
+	}
+	
 	StringComboBoxItem addStringComboBox(string id, UIString label, StringListValue[] items) {
         StringComboBoxItem res = new StringComboBoxItem(id, label, items);
         addItem(res);