About adding an existing folder in Qt Creator

mulfycrowh

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to add an existing folder to the project when this folder doesn‘t have any file. but only subfolders? These subfolders include files.
Thanks for help

jsulm

@mulfycrowh said in About adding an existing folder in Qt Creator:

These subfolders include files

Add those files to your project.

mulfycrowh

@jsulm Thanks for reply.
I made a sample.
Under Resources, I created the folder "labels".
Under "labels", I created the folder "test".
In the folder "test", I created the subfolders "test1", "test2" and "test3".
In each of these subfolders "test1", "test2", "test3", there is one png file.
I added the file located in "test1" to the project.
Here is the screenshot what I get.
I don't agree because when I click on the small right arrow, I get the file and not the tree structure.

mulfycrowh

@jsulm Screenshot:

Resources
demo
fonts
labels/test/test1

jsulm

@mulfycrowh said in About adding an existing folder in Qt Creator:

Here is the screenshot what I get.

I can't see it.
Also, you did not mention that you are trying to add resource files.
As shown here https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/resources.html you can have subfolders:

<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
<qresource>
    <file>images/copy.png</file>
    <file>images/cut.png</file>
    <file>images/new.png</file>
    <file>images/open.png</file>
    <file>images/paste.png</file>
    <file>images/save.png</file>
</qresource>
</RCC>

Here "images" is a subfolder.

mulfycrowh

@jsulm How do I share a picture?

jsulm

@mulfycrowh You can post it to some file sharing service and post the link here.

mulfycrowh

@jsulm OK:

https://ibb.co/f4T2p8s

jsulm

@mulfycrowh How does your resource file look like?

mulfycrowh

@jsulm At the end of the file, I have a big plus sign and beside: "Resources/labels/test/test1/add_80_4k.png

mulfycrowh

@jsulm As far I understand you cannot see the tree structure of a folder (or subfolder) that doesn't have any file in it. Right?

JonB

@mulfycrowh
As far as I know that is correct. Same in e.g. git, and others.

mulfycrowh

@JonB That's a very weird way to manage folders and subfolders...

JonB

@mulfycrowh
In git too you mean? That does not let you checkin an empty folder/directory (AFAIK). Same I think for Visual Studio, it only really deals with files in a project.

mulfycrowh

@JonB I am speaking about Qt Creator

mrjj

@mulfycrowh

Hi.
Im not sure what the weird part is?
It will show the tree of folders

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However, you cant add empty folders to a res file, as that would be pointless as
you cannot write new files to it so would really not be useful for image/icons management. :)

mulfycrowh

@mrjj Hi. The interesting case is when a folder contains a subfolder with files but without any file in it.
I say that‘s weird because The folder management is completely different from Windows. In Windows you can have folders with subfolders with files and no file in these folders..