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

[Onur Tugcu]

I've seen a *tree view with checkboxes* used for such scenarios.

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Scott Aron Bloom <
Scott.Bloom at onshorecs.com> wrote:

> 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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> 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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