Q3FileDialog Class Reference

 QString s = Q3FileDialog::getOpenFileName(
                 "/home",
                 "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)",
                 this,
                 "open file dialog",
                 "Choose a file");

 "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;Text files (*.txt);;XML files (*.xml)"

 Q3FileDialog* fd = new Q3FileDialog(this, "file dialog", true);
 fd->setMode(Q3FileDialog::AnyFile);

 fd->setFilter("Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)");

 fd->setViewMode(Q3FileDialog::Detail);

 QString fileName;
 if (fd->exec() == QDialog::Accepted)
     fileName = fd->selectedFile();

 class Preview : public QLabel, public Q3FilePreview
 {
 public:
     Preview(QWidget *parent=0) : QLabel(parent) {}

     void previewUrl(const Q3Url &u)
     {
         QString path = u.path();
         QPixmap pix(path);
         if (pix.isNull())
             setText("This is not a pixmap");
         else
             setPixmap(pix);
     }
 };

 Preview* p = new Preview;

 Q3FileDialog* fd = new Q3FileDialog(this);
 fd->setContentsPreviewEnabled(true);
 fd->setContentsPreview(p, p);
 fd->setPreviewMode(Q3FileDialog::Contents);
 fd->show();

 QStringList list = myFileDialog.selectedFiles();
 QStringList::Iterator it = list.begin();
 while(it != list.end()) {
     myProcessing(*it);
     ++it;
 }

Member Function Documentation

Q3FileDialog::Q3FileDialog ( const QString & dirName, const QString & filter = QString(), QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, bool modal = false )

Constructs a file dialog called name with the parent, parent. If modal is true then the file dialog is modal; otherwise it is modeless.

If dirName is specified then it will be used as the dialog's working directory, i.e. it will be the directory that is shown when the dialog appears. If filter is specified it will be used as the dialog's file filter.

Q3FileDialog::Q3FileDialog ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, bool modal = false )

Constructs a file dialog called name, with the parent, parent. If modal is true then the file dialog is modal; otherwise it is modeless.

Q3FileDialog::~Q3FileDialog ()

Destroys the file dialog.

void Q3FileDialog::addFilter ( const QString & filter )

Adds the filter filter to the list of filters and makes it the current filter.

 Q3FileDialog* fd = new Q3FileDialog(this);
 fd->addFilter("Images (*.png *.jpg *.xpm)");
 fd->show();

In the above example, a file dialog is created, and the file filter "Images (*.png *.jpg *.xpm)" is added and is set as the current filter. The original filter, "All Files (*)", is still available.

See also setFilter() and setFilters().

void Q3FileDialog::addLeftWidget ( QWidget * w ) [protected]

Adds the widget w to the left-hand side of the file dialog.

See also addRightWidget(), addWidgets(), and addToolButton().

void Q3FileDialog::addRightWidget ( QWidget * w ) [protected]

Adds the widget w to the right-hand side of the file dialog.

See also addLeftWidget(), addWidgets(), and addToolButton().

void Q3FileDialog::addToolButton ( QAbstractButton * b, bool separator = false ) [protected]

Adds the tool button b to the row of tool buttons at the top of the file dialog. The button is appended to the right of this row. If separator is true, a small space is inserted between the last button of the row and the new button b.

See also addWidgets(), addLeftWidget(), and addRightWidget().

void Q3FileDialog::addWidgets ( QLabel * l, QWidget * w, QPushButton * b ) [protected]

Adds the specified widgets to the bottom of the file dialog. The label l is placed underneath the "file name" and the "file types" labels. The widget w is placed underneath the file types combobox. The button b is placed underneath the Cancel push button.

 MyFileDialog::MyFileDialog(QWidget* parent, const char* name) :
     Q3FileDialog(parent, name)
 {
     QLabel* label = new QLabel("Added widgets", this);
     QLineEdit* lineedit = new QLineEdit(this);
     QPushButton* pushbutton = new QPushButton(this);

     addWidgets(label, lineedit, pushbutton);
 }

If you don't want to have one of the widgets added, pass 0 in that widget's position.

Every time you call this function, a new row of widgets will be added to the bottom of the file dialog.

See also addToolButton(), addLeftWidget(), and addRightWidget().

const QDir * Q3FileDialog::dir () const

Returns the current directory shown in the file dialog.

The ownership of the QDir pointer is transferred to the caller, so it must be deleted by the caller when no longer required.

See also setDir().

void Q3FileDialog::dirEntered ( const QString & directory ) [signal]

This signal is emitted when the user enters the given directory.

See also dir().

void Q3FileDialog::done ( int i ) [virtual slot]

Reimplemented from QDialog::done().

bool Q3FileDialog::eventFilter ( QObject * o, QEvent * e ) [virtual]

Reimplemented from QObject::eventFilter().

void Q3FileDialog::fileHighlighted ( const QString & file ) [signal]

This signal is emitted when the user highlights the given file, i.e. makes it the current file.

See also fileSelected() and filesSelected().

void Q3FileDialog::fileSelected ( const QString & file ) [signal]

This signal is emitted when the user selects the given file.

See also filesSelected(), fileHighlighted(), and selectedFile().

void Q3FileDialog::filesSelected ( const QStringList & files ) [signal]

This signal is emitted when the user selects the given files in ExistingFiles mode.

See also fileSelected(), fileHighlighted(), and selectedFiles().

void Q3FileDialog::filterSelected ( const QString & filter ) [signal]

This signal is emitted when the user selects the given filter.

See also selectedFilter().

QString Q3FileDialog::getExistingDirectory ( const QString & dir = QString(), QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, const QString & caption = QString(), bool dirOnly = true, bool resolveSymlinks = true ) [static]

This is a convenience static function that will return an existing directory selected by the user.

 QString s = Q3FileDialog::getExistingDirectory(
                 "/home",
                 this,
                 "get existing directory",
                 "Choose a directory",
                 true);

This function creates a modal file dialog called name, with parent, parent. If parent is not 0, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent.

The dialog's working directory is set to dir, and the caption is set to caption. Either of these may be an empty string in which case the current directory and a default caption will be used respectively.

If dirOnly is true, then only directories will be shown in the file dialog; otherwise both directories and files will be shown.

Under Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If resolveSymlinks is false, the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

Note that on Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers and if parent is not 0 then it will position the dialog just under the parent's title bar.

See also getOpenFileName(), getOpenFileNames(), and getSaveFileName().

QString Q3FileDialog::getOpenFileName ( const QString & startWith = QString(), const QString & filter = QString(), QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, const QString & caption = QString(), QString * selectedFilter = 0, bool resolveSymlinks = true ) [static]

This is a convenience static function that returns an existing file selected by the user. If the user pressed Cancel, it returns a null string.

 QString s = Q3FileDialog::getOpenFileName(
                 "/home",
                 "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)",
                 this,
                 "open file dialog",
                 "Choose a file to open");

The function creates a modal file dialog called name, with parent, parent. If a parent is not 0, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent.

The file dialog's working directory will be set to startWith. If startWith includes a file name, the file will be selected. The filter is set to filter so that only those files which match the filter are shown. The filter selected is set to selectedFilter. The parameters startWith, selectedFilter and filter may be an empty string.

The dialog's caption is set to caption. If caption is not specified then a default caption will be used.

Under Windows and Mac OS X, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a Q3FileDialog, unless the style of the application is set to something other than the native style (Note that on Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers and if parent is not 0 then it will position the dialog just under the parent's title bar).

Under Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If resolveSymlinks is false, the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

See also getOpenFileNames(), getSaveFileName(), and getExistingDirectory().

QStringList Q3FileDialog::getOpenFileNames ( const QString & filter = QString(), const QString & dir = QString(), QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, const QString & caption = QString(), QString * selectedFilter = 0, bool resolveSymlinks = true ) [static]

This is a convenience static function that will return one or more existing files selected by the user.

 QStringList files = Q3FileDialog::getOpenFileNames(
                         "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)",
                         "/home",
                         this,
                         "open files dialog",
                         "Select one or more files to open");

This function creates a modal file dialog called name, with parent parent. If parent is not 0, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent.

The file dialog's working directory will be set to dir. If dir includes a file name, the file will be selected. The filter is set to filter so that only those files which match the filter are shown. The filter selected is set to selectedFilter. The parameters dir, selectedFilter and filter may be empty strings.

The dialog's caption is set to caption. If caption is not specified then a default caption will be used.

Under Windows and Mac OS X, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a Q3FileDialog, unless the style of the application is set to something other than the native style. (Note that on Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers and if parent is not 0 then it will position the dialog just under the parent's title bar).

Under Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If resolveSymlinks is false, the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

Note that if you want to iterate over the list of files, you should iterate over a copy, e.g.

 QStringList list = files;
 QStringList::Iterator it = list.begin();
 while(it != list.end()) {
     myProcessing(*it);
     ++it;
 }

See also getOpenFileName(), getSaveFileName(), and getExistingDirectory().

QString Q3FileDialog::getSaveFileName ( const QString & startWith = QString(), const QString & filter = QString(), QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, const QString & caption = QString(), QString * selectedFilter = 0, bool resolveSymlinks = true ) [static]

This is a convenience static function that will return a file name selected by the user. The file does not have to exist.

It creates a modal file dialog called name, with parent, parent. If a parent is not 0, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent.

 QString s = Q3FileDialog::getSaveFileName(
                 "/home",
                 "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)",
                 this,
                 "save file dialog",
                 "Choose a filename to save under");

The file dialog's working directory will be set to startWith. If startWith includes a file name, the file will be selected. The filter is set to filter so that only those files which match the filter are shown. The filter selected is set to selectedFilter. The parameters startWith, selectedFilter and filter may be an empty string.

The dialog's caption is set to caption. If caption is not specified then a default caption will be used.

Under Windows and Mac OS X, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a Q3FileDialog, unless the style of the application is set to something other than the native style. (Note that on Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers and if parent is not 0 then it will position the dialog just under the parent's title bar. And on the Mac the filter argument is ignored).

Under Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If resolveSymlinks is false, the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

See also getOpenFileName(), getOpenFileNames(), and getExistingDirectory().

Q3FileIconProvider * Q3FileDialog::iconProvider () [static]

Returns a pointer to the icon provider currently set on the file dialog. By default there is no icon provider, and this function returns 0.

See also setIconProvider() and Q3FileIconProvider.

void Q3FileDialog::keyPressEvent ( QKeyEvent * ke ) [virtual protected]

Reimplemented from QWidget::keyPressEvent().

void Q3FileDialog::rereadDir ()

Rereads the current directory shown in the file dialog.

The only time you will need to call this function is if the contents of the directory change and you wish to refresh the file dialog to reflect the change.

See also resortDir().

void Q3FileDialog::resizeEvent ( QResizeEvent * e ) [virtual protected]

Reimplemented from QWidget::resizeEvent().

void Q3FileDialog::resortDir ()

Re-sorts the displayed directory.

See also rereadDir().

void Q3FileDialog::selectAll ( bool b )

If b is true then all the files in the current directory are selected; otherwise, they are deselected.

void Q3FileDialog::setContentsPreview ( QWidget * w, Q3FilePreview * preview )

Sets the widget to be used for displaying the contents of the file to the widget w and a preview of those contents to the Q3FilePreview preview.

Normally you would create a preview widget that derives from both QWidget and Q3FilePreview, so you should pass the same widget twice.

 class Preview : public QLabel, public Q3FilePreview
 {
 public:
     Preview(QWidget *parent=0) : QLabel(parent) {}

     void previewUrl(const Q3Url &u)
     {
         QString path = u.path();
         QPixmap pix(path);
         if (pix.isNull())
             setText("This is not a pixmap");
         else
             setPixmap(pix);
     }
 };

 //...

 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     Preview* p = new Preview;

     Q3FileDialog* fd = new Q3FileDialog(this);
     fd->setContentsPreviewEnabled(true);
     fd->setContentsPreview(p, p);
     fd->setPreviewMode(Q3FileDialog::Contents);
     fd->show();
 }

See also setContentsPreviewEnabled(), setInfoPreview(), and setPreviewMode().

void Q3FileDialog::setDir ( const QDir & dir )

Sets the file dialog's working directory to dir.

See also dir().

void Q3FileDialog::setDir ( const QString & pathstr ) [slot]

This is an overloaded function.

Sets the file dialog's working directory to pathstr.

See also dir().

void Q3FileDialog::setFilter ( const QString & newFilter ) [slot]

Sets the filter used in the file dialog to newFilter.

If newFilter contains a pair of parentheses containing one or more of "anything*something" separated by spaces or by semicolons then only the text contained in the parentheses is used as the filter. This means that these calls are all equivalent:

 fd->setFilter("All C++ files (*.cpp *.cc *.C *.cxx *.c++)");
 fd->setFilter("*.cpp *.cc *.C *.cxx *.c++");
 fd->setFilter("All C++ files (*.cpp;*.cc;*.C;*.cxx;*.c++)");
 fd->setFilter("*.cpp;*.cc;*.C;*.cxx;*.c++");

See also setFilters().

void Q3FileDialog::setFilters ( const QString & filters ) [slot]

Sets the filters used in the file dialog to filters. Each group of filters must be separated by ;; (two semicolons).

 QString types("Image files (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;"
               "Text files (*.txt);;"
               "Any files (*)");
 Q3FileDialog fd = new Q3FileDialog(this);
 fd->setFilters(types);
 fd->show();

void Q3FileDialog::setFilters ( const char ** types ) [slot]

This is an overloaded function.

types must be a null-terminated list of strings.

void Q3FileDialog::setFilters ( const QStringList & types ) [slot]

This is an overloaded function.

types is a list of filter strings.

void Q3FileDialog::setIconProvider ( Q3FileIconProvider * provider ) [static]

Sets the Q3FileIconProvider used by the file dialog to provider.

The default is that there is no Q3FileIconProvider and Q3FileDialog just draws a folder icon next to each directory and nothing next to files.

See also Q3FileIconProvider and iconProvider().

void Q3FileDialog::setInfoPreview ( QWidget * w, Q3FilePreview * preview )

Sets the widget to be used for displaying information about the file to the widget w and a preview of that information to the Q3FilePreview preview.

Normally you would create a preview widget that derives from both QWidget and Q3FilePreview, so you should pass the same widget twice.

 class Preview : public QLabel, public Q3FilePreview
 {
 public:
     Preview(QWidget *parent=0) : QLabel(parent) {}

     void previewUrl(const Q3Url &u)
     {
         QString path = u.path();
         QPixmap pix(path);
         if (pix.isNull())
             setText("This is not a pixmap");
         else
             setText("This is a pixmap");
     }
 };

 //...

 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     Preview* p = new Preview;

     Q3FileDialog* fd = new Q3FileDialog(this);
     fd->setInfoPreviewEnabled(true);
     fd->setInfoPreview(p, p);
     fd->setPreviewMode(Q3FileDialog::Info);
     fd->show();
 }

See also setContentsPreview(), setInfoPreviewEnabled(), and setPreviewMode().

void Q3FileDialog::setSelectedFilter ( const QString & mask ) [virtual]

Sets the current filter selected in the file dialog to the first one that contains the text mask.

See also selectedFilter().

void Q3FileDialog::setSelectedFilter ( int n ) [virtual]

This is an overloaded function.

Sets the current filter selected in the file dialog to the n-th filter in the filter list.

See also filterSelected(), selectedFilter(), selectedFiles(), and selectedFile().

void Q3FileDialog::setSelection ( const QString & filename )

Sets the default selection to filename. If filename is absolute, setDir() is also called to set the file dialog's working directory to the filename's directory.

void Q3FileDialog::setUrl ( const Q3UrlOperator & url ) [slot]

Sets the file dialog's working directory to the directory specified at url.

See also url().

Q3Url Q3FileDialog::url () const

Returns the URL of the current working directory in the file dialog.

See also setUrl().