Windows 10: QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Xml"), "c:/Users/public/documents"); opens wrong directory

nesavi

I have the following code:

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

#include <QWidget>
#include <QFileDialog>

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Xml"), "c:/Users/public/documents");
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

which I expected would open a dialog in c:\users\public\documents, but instead it opens the documents
folder of the current user, namely C:\Users<username>\Documents

If I change the input path to a subdirectory of c:/Users/public/documents, c:/Users/public/documents/foo say,
the dialog displays the correct directory.

Am I experiencing a bug in QFileDialog, or am I misunderstanding QFileDialog?

For the record, I tried the same thing through an instance of QFileDialog with the same result.

My search of this forum and through google led me to post here.

VRonin

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aha_1980

Hi@nesavi

which version of Qt are you using?

If it is not 5.12.3, have you already tried this latest version?

Regards

jsulm

@nesavi said in Windows 10: QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Xml"), "c:/Users/public/documents"); opens wrong directory:

c:/Users/public/documents

Shouldn't it be "c:/Users/public/public documents"?

nesavi

@aha_1980

I am running 5.12.3.

nesavi

@jsulm said in Windows 10: QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Xml"), "c:/Users/public/documents"); opens wrong directory:

@nesavi said in Windows 10: QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Xml"), "c:/Users/public/documents"); opens wrong directory:

c:/Users/public/documents

Shouldn't it be "c:/Users/public/public documents"?

Changing the path to "c:/Users/public/public documents" opens the dialog in c:/Users/public :-)

The paths I am refering to are those written in the address bar of Windows Explorer.

nesavi

I tried opening the same directory through a C# application, with the same results. So this is most likely not an issue related to Qt.

Thanks a lot for the replies :-)

C# code:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var fd = new OpenFileDialog();
            fd.InitialDirectory = @"c:\users\public\documents";
            fd.ShowDialog();
        }
    }
}