qtqfiledialog

How to make "Browse for folder" dialog?


I'm trying to make a folder selection dialog which looks like this:

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The images come from this thread: can the Open File dialog be used to select a Folder?

I tried both QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory() and making an instance of QFileDialog and setting the properties. It just shows the Open File dialog with hidden files.


Solution

  • It seems that I have to answer myself. I did it purely in Qt in the end, by making the entire dialog:

    Header file:

    #pragma once
    
    #include <QtWidgets/QDialog>
    
    class QTreeView;
    class QFileSystemModel;
    class QLineEdit;
    class QPushButton;
    
    class CDirSelectionDlg : public QDialog {
        Q_OBJECT
    
    public:
        CDirSelectionDlg(const QString initialPath, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
        QDir directory() const;
    
    private:
        void onCurrentChanged();
    
        QTreeView *m_treeView;
        QFileSystemModel *m_model;
        QLineEdit *m_folderName;
        QPushButton *m_OKbutton;
        QString m_initialPath;
    };
    

    Source file:

    #include "DirSelectionDlg.h"
    
    #include <QLabel>
    #include <QBoxLayout>
    #include <QDialogButtonBox>
    #include <QTreeView>
    #include <QFileSystemModel>
    #include <QPushButton>
    #include <QLineEdit>
    
    CDirSelectionDlg::CDirSelectionDlg(const QString initialPath, QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent), m_initialPath(initialPath)
    {
        setMinimumSize(200, 300);
        resize(400, 430);
        m_model = new QFileSystemModel(this);
        auto rootIdx = m_model->setRootPath(m_initialPath);
        m_treeView = new QTreeView(this);
        m_treeView->setModel(m_model);
        m_treeView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
        m_treeView->setHeaderHidden(true);
        m_treeView->setSortingEnabled(true);
        m_treeView->sortByColumn(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
        for(int i = 1; i < m_model->columnCount(); i ++)    // don't show Size, Type, etc.
            m_treeView->setColumnHidden(i, true);
        m_treeView->scrollTo(rootIdx);
        m_treeView->selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex(rootIdx, QItemSelectionModel::Current | QItemSelectionModel::Select);
        connect(m_treeView->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged, this, &CDirSelectionDlg::onCurrentChanged);
    
        auto buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox::Ok | QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
        connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, this, &CDirSelectionDlg::accept);
        connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, this, &CDirSelectionDlg::reject);
        m_OKbutton = buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok);
    
        auto label = new QLabel(tr("Folder:"));
        m_folderName = new QLineEdit(this);
        m_folderName->setReadOnly(true);
        m_folderName->setText(QFileInfo(m_initialPath).fileName());
        auto pathLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
        pathLayout->addWidget(label);
        pathLayout->addSpacing(10);
        pathLayout->addWidget(m_folderName);
    
        auto mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
        mainLayout->addWidget(m_treeView);
        mainLayout->addSpacing(10);
        mainLayout->addLayout(pathLayout);
        mainLayout->addSpacing(10);
        mainLayout->addWidget(buttonBox);
        setLayout(mainLayout);
    }
    
    void CDirSelectionDlg::onCurrentChanged()
    {
        auto fileInfo = m_model->fileInfo(m_treeView->selectionModel()->currentIndex());
        m_folderName->setText(fileInfo.fileName());
        m_OKbutton->setEnabled(fileInfo.isDir());
        m_OKbutton->setDefault(fileInfo.isDir());
    }
    
    QDir CDirSelectionDlg::directory() const
    {
        return QDir(m_model->fileInfo(m_treeView->selectionModel()->currentIndex()).absoluteFilePath());
    }
    

    I'm using Qt 5.3.1.