QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory default directory

[ForeverNoob]

Hello,

I have the following code:

selectedDirectory = str(QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(self, 'Source Directory', os.path.expanduser('~/Documents'), QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly))

This opens file dialog always pointing to my home directory, no matter what default directory I give it. What am I missing?

TIA

[JonB]

@ForeverNoob

• Try putting in an explicit path, for the purpose of debugging why take a chance on os.path.expanduser('~/Documents')? Also please try some other known, suitable fixed directory like /tmp.
• Try creating an instance of QFileDialog and call QFileDialog::setDirectory(const QString &directory) on it, to see whether that works instead of the static QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory().
• See if it's a known bug with your version of Qt.
• Report a bug. You will need to specify what version of Qt, what version of PyQt/PySide and most importantly what platform, which you don't say and seems relevant.

[ForeverNoob]

@JonB said in QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory default directory:

• Try creating an instance of QFileDialog and call QFileDialog::setDirectory(const QString &directory) on it, to see whether that works instead of the static QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory().

That works OK. Thanks a lot.