Both classes offer standard icons for folders and files. Which one should I use? Are they guaranteed to be the same?
Qt does not strictly guarantee that... In the current implementation, however, QFileIconProvider
is a shorthand for using the style. That's unlikely to change soon and it's very logical to do so... Therefore, I stop nitpicking: Yes, it is guaranteed.
Qt is open source so just have a look at the sources: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/dev/src/widgets/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp. There you have
QIcon QFileIconProvider::icon(IconType type) const
{
Q_D(const QFileIconProvider);
switch (type) {
case Computer:
return d->getIcon(QStyle::SP_ComputerIcon);
//....
QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getIcon(QStyle::StandardPixmap name) const
{
switch (name) {
case QStyle::SP_ComputerIcon:
if (computer.isNull())
computer = QApplication::style()->standardIcon(name);
return computer;
//...