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

[Andre Somers]

Op 31-12-2010 12:23, Gopalakrishna Bhat schreef:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Jeffery MacEachern
> <j.maceachern at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> VLC is a F/OSS cross-platform media player
>> http://www.videolan.org/
>>   - Jeffery MacEachern
>>
> This is what I meant. In the Media menu there is a advanced open file
> option. It is according to what scott suggested. This is a simpler and
> easier option in terms of implementation complexity.
>
> But on the usability point of view the tree view is a better one.
They both have up and downsides, I think. In a tree, for instance, it is 
not easy to get an overview over what is and what is not selected, as 
file system trees tend to be very big. A list may give you a much better 
overview. It is however more user friendly in the sense that you don't 
have to repeatingly open a dialog from what is already a dialog. In 
terms of user interface design, opening a dialog from a dialog is not 
pretty I think.

I guess it would be possible to design al dialog that combines the 
positive points of both approaches though.

André