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

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Hi Gopalakrishan,

I might not be aware of VLC abbreviation, can you please elaborate.

Thank you.
-Hiral


On 12/31/10, Gopalakrishna Bhat <gopalakbhat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> VLC's Advanced Open file option can be a used as a reference.
>
> With regards,
> Gopalakrishna Bhat
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Onur Tugcu <onur.tugcu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>>> Behalf Of hi
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:45 PM
>>> To: Jeffery MacEachern
>>> Cc: qt-interest at qt.nokia.com
>>> 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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