[Qt-interest] Selecting multiple files on different locations using QFileDialog

[Jeffery MacEachern]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 23:44, hi <hiralsmaillist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeffery,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I observed the same behavior (i.e. user can not select multiple files
> from different location) with Visual Studio - 2008 (File -> Open ->
> File...).
>
> So it seems -- it is by-design.
> BTW:any idea on how application can handle this case?

I don't think I've ever actually seen such a thing in practice - and I
could imagine that it could get awkward (in terms of usability and
code) quite fast. Could you tell us what your use-case is? A specific
example might make it easier to come to an idea. In particular, does
the user /have/ to select them all at once, or could it be reworked to
alleviate the problem entirely?

Regards,
 - Jeffery MacEachern

> Thank you.
> -Hiral
>
> On 12/31/10, Jeffery MacEachern <j.maceachern at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 21:54, hi <hiralsmaillist at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames() to get multiple input files
>>> in one of my appplication.
>>> I observed that "we can not select multiple files if they reside in
>>> different location", but  user can select multiple input file if they
>>> reside in current directory.
>>>
>>> Is it bug in QFileDialog or am I missing any thing?
>>> Any idea?
>>
>> There isn't really any sensible way to select files in different
>> directories using the QFileDialog UI, so it's not a bug - just a
>> limitation of the design.  ...That is, unless I'm missing something
>> from your question?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>  - Jeffery MacEachern
>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> -Hiral
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