Making File Dialog only accept directories

Question

I want to have a file dialog only allow directories, here's what I've been trying:

fileDialog = QtGui.QFileDialog()
fileDialog.setFileMode(QtGui.QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly)
filename = fileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, 'Select USB Drive Location'))

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 21:22

This is an old question, I know, but perhaps this will help someone else.

Use this snippet inside the method called to display the file box:

dialog = QtGui.QFileDialog(self)
dialog.setFileMode(QtGui.QFileDialog.Directory)
dialog.setOption(QtGui.QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly, True)

if dialog.exec_():
    for d in dialog.selectedFiles():
        print d

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 14 '11 at 22:21

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What I wanted is:

directory = QtGui.QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(self, 'Select USB Drive Location')

edited Mar 14 '11 at 22:21

Courtney Christensen

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answered Apr 18 '10 at 14:51

matt

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '10 at 14:32

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The Qt 4.6 docs for ShowDirsOnly says:

"Only show directories in the file dialog. By default both files and directories are shown. (Valid only in the Directory file mode.)"

Maybe it isn't in "Directory" file mode?

answered Apr 18 '10 at 14:32

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Making File Dialog only accept directories

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