File saving without opening explorer

[Mahin Abid]

in notepad when i am triggering save it opens file explorer
how to save in notepad without openning explorer
i used this code
void Diary::on_actionSave_triggered()
{
QString fileName;

if (currentFile.isEmpty()) {
    fileName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, "Save");
    currentFile = fileName;
} else {
    fileName = currentFile;
}
QFile file(fileName);
if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QFile::Text)) {
    QMessageBox::warning(this, "Warning", "Cannot save file: " + file.errorString());
    return;
}
setWindowTitle(fileName);
QTextStream out(&file);
QString text = ui->textEdit_diary->toPlainText();
out << text;
file.close();

}

[SGaist]

Hi,

And what would your question be ?

[Mahin Abid]

@SGaist here when i am triggering save it open file explorer i don't want that.How can i set a directory of my choice?where in this code should i change?

[JonB]

@Mahin-Abid
If you don't want a file-explorer-type interface to be shown to the user, don't call QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(). Its sole purpose is to prompt the user to choose.

If you want to affect the initial directory of QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(), see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfiledialog.html#getSaveFileName and use the optional const QString &dir = QString() parameter.

If you know what directory you want to save in and only want a filename from the user, use a plain QLineEdit for that.