FileDialog QML Type

A native platform file dialog is currently available on the following platforms:

• iOS

• Linux (when running with the GTK+ platform theme)

• macOS

• Windows

The Qt Labs Platform module uses Qt Widgets as a fallback on platforms that do not have a native implementation available. Therefore, applications that use types from the Qt Labs Platform module should link to QtWidgets and use QApplication instead of QGuiApplication.

To link against the QtWidgets library, add the following to your qmake project file:

QT += widgets

Create an instance of QApplication in main():

#include <QApplication>
#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);
    QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
    engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
    return app.exec();
}

See also FolderDialog, StandardPaths

This property holds the label text shown on the button that accepts the dialog.

When set to an empty string, the default label of the underlying platform is used. The default label is typically Open or Save depending on which fileMode the dialog is used in.

The default value is an empty string.

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This property holds the currently selected file in the dialog.

Unlike the file property, the currentFile property is updated while the user is selecting files in the dialog, even before the final selection has been made.

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This property holds the currently selected files in the dialog.

Unlike the files property, the currentFiles property is updated while the user is selecting files in the dialog, even before the final selection has been made.

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This property holds a suffix that is added to selected files that have no suffix specified. The suffix is typically used to indicate the file type (e.g. "txt" indicates a text file).

If the first character is a dot ('.'), it is removed.

This property holds the final accepted file.

Unlike the currentFile property, the file property is not updated while the user is selecting files in the dialog, but only after the final selection has been made. That is, when the user has clicked OK to accept a file. Alternatively, the accepted() signal can be handled to get the final selection.

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This property holds the mode of the dialog.

Available values:

This property holds the final accepted files.

Unlike the currentFiles property, the files property is not updated while the user is selecting files in the dialog, but only after the final selection has been made. That is, when the user has clicked OK to accept files. Alternatively, the accepted() signal can be handled to get the final selection.

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This property holds the folder where files are selected. For selecting a folder, use FolderDialog instead.

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This property holds the filters that restrict the types of files that can be selected.

FileDialog {
    nameFilters: ["Text files (*.txt)", "HTML files (*.html *.htm)"]
}

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This property holds the various options that affect the look and feel of the dialog.

By default, all options are disabled.

Options should be set before showing the dialog. Setting them while the dialog is visible is not guaranteed to have an immediate effect on the dialog (depending on the option and on the platform).

Available options:

This property holds the label text shown on the button that rejects the dialog.

When set to an empty string, the default label of the underlying platform is used. The default label is typically Cancel.

The default value is an empty string.

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selectedNameFilter.extensions : list<string>

selectedNameFilter.index : int

selectedNameFilter.name : string

These properties hold the currently selected name filter.

FileDialog {
    id: fileDialog
    selectedNameFilter.index: 1
    nameFilters: ["Text files (*.txt)", "HTML files (*.html *.htm)"]
}

MyDocument {
    id: document
    fileType: fileDialog.selectedNameFilter.extensions[0]
}

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