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

[Scott Aron Bloom]

Most applications that allow for multiple files to be selected from multiple locations, allow the user to activate the dialog via pushbutton (or whatever method they have) multiple times...  Then they can re-order the files as necessary...


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From: qt-interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com [mailto:qt-interest-bounces+scott.bloom=onshorecs.com at qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of hi
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:45 PM
To: Jeffery MacEachern
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Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Selecting multiple files on different locations using QFileDialog

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?

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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