[Interest] QFileDialog is lovelier the second time around...

André Somers andre at familiesomers.nl
Tue Jun 18 14:41:32 CEST 2013


Op 17-6-2013 19:07, Constantin Makshin schreef:
>
> 1) On Windows directories can have custom icons. Not 100% sure about 
> other platforms.
>
> 2) Directories have at least "last modification" timestamp which is 
> needed for the detailed view mode. What approach is better -- get all 
> information at once or quickly get names, deferring timestamp 
> retrieval until the user switches to the detailed view -- is 
> questionable though.
>
First get the names for visible items quickly, then get the rest of the 
information for visible items, and then get all the information at once 
for non-visible items. Seems obvious to me, or am I missing something?

André

> On Jun 17, 2013 7:46 PM, "Duane" <duane.hebert at group-upc.com 
> <mailto:duane.hebert at group-upc.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 6/17/2013 10:09 AM, william.crocker at analog.com
>     <mailto:william.crocker at analog.com> wrote:
>     > On 06/17/2013 09:57 AM, Duane wrote:
>     >> On 6/14/2013 5:06 PM, Till Oliver Knoll wrote:
>     >>> Am 14.06.2013 um 23:02 schrieb Till Oliver
>     Knoll<till.oliver.knoll at gmail.com
>     <mailto:till.oliver.knoll at gmail.com>>:
>     >>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> That said, the Qt "cross-platform file dialog" is (was?)
>     terribly slow with network mapped drives
>     >>>
>     >
>     > That's the price we pay for viewing the entire contents of a
>     directory
>     > in these "convenient" dialog windows when all you really want to
>     do is
>     > just type the file name, "X". I'll keep my Unix command line,
>     thanks.
>     >
>     > :-)
>
>
>     Not having much luck getting my Windows customers to learn unix
>     command
>     line.  <g>
>
>      From my POV, I don't see why I need to stat all of the files or
>     directories to display them.  If the user selects a subdirectory
>     of one
>     of the files, maybe that's the time to stat it.  I guess it has to do
>     with the way it's displayed (icon, size etc.) for files but for
>     directories, I don't get it.
>
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