Qt File selector?

[SPlatten]

Is there a GUI style file selector available in Qt, I've seen QFileSelector, but it isn't derived from QWidget so I'm not sure if its the thing I'm looking for.

[artwaw]

@JonB Here, this is taken from one of my projects.
Assume you have UI (in my case it is QDialog for options setting), where QLineEdit named dbFileEdit is present. This code is in my ctor:

    QAction *findFile = new QAction(QIcon("/gfx/file-2.png"),"",this);
    findFile->setToolTip("Browse for file...");
    connect(findFile,&QAction::triggered,this,&optiondlg::selectFile);
    ui->dbFileEdit->addAction(findFile,QLineEdit::TrailingPosition);

I could go with a lambda instead of the slot but I do some other things there too.

So the idea is that the icon and tooltips are meaningful giving a hint to the user. In my case it looks like this:

I also use this kind of thing when offering users an option to switch between masked/clear text echo with passwords.

EDIT:
For right click you'd need to go w the custom context menu for QLineEdit, this QAction reacts to the regular left click, offering standard QAction features like statusTip and toolTip - I find it less of a hassle than context menus. And it saves ton of space in widget rich UIs too.

EDIT2: typos.

[Pl45m4]

@SPlatten

QFileDialog

• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfiledialog.html#details

[SPlatten]

@Pl45m4, What I really need is a one liner QTextEdit box with a ... QPushButton to the right of the text box which then invokes an instance of QFileDialog.

If this isn't available already then I think I will have to create a custom widget to do it.

[JonB]

@SPlatten
You have to roll exactly that yourself. Qt doesn't supply it, dunno if someone has posted one somewhere.

[artwaw]

@SPlatten you may also add an action to QLineEdit (I am not sure why you want single line QTextEdit) with an icon and no text. Connect the action to the slot or lamda calling QFileDialog. I do that routinely for browse for location UI features. Once you have the action set you just https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qlineedit.html#addAction

[Pl45m4]

@SPlatten

You still can do it with QFileDialog. Your button will open the dialog and the returned path is displayed in your TextEdit.

[JonB]

@artwaw
I didn't notice it said QTextEdit instead of QLineEdit :) I'm sure the latter was intended.

Yours sounds nice. I don't have Qt here, how does the user know to click what to pull up the QFileDialog? "with an icon and no text": does that means something comes up on right-click?

[artwaw]

@JonB Here, this is taken from one of my projects.
Assume you have UI (in my case it is QDialog for options setting), where QLineEdit named dbFileEdit is present. This code is in my ctor:

    QAction *findFile = new QAction(QIcon("/gfx/file-2.png"),"",this);
    findFile->setToolTip("Browse for file...");
    connect(findFile,&QAction::triggered,this,&optiondlg::selectFile);
    ui->dbFileEdit->addAction(findFile,QLineEdit::TrailingPosition);

I could go with a lambda instead of the slot but I do some other things there too.

So the idea is that the icon and tooltips are meaningful giving a hint to the user. In my case it looks like this:

I also use this kind of thing when offering users an option to switch between masked/clear text echo with passwords.

EDIT:
For right click you'd need to go w the custom context menu for QLineEdit, this QAction reacts to the regular left click, offering standard QAction features like statusTip and toolTip - I find it less of a hassle than context menus. And it saves ton of space in widget rich UIs too.

EDIT2: typos.

[SPlatten]

@artwaw , Thank you, I've resolved this now.