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

[hi]

Hi Jeffery,

I don't have special use-case for my application, but just want to
allow user to select multiple files irrespective of their location.
For example we can take 'standarddialogs' qt example
QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames()

Thank you.
-Hiral

On 12/31/10, Jeffery MacEachern <j.maceachern at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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