PyQt5 QTreeView show parent directory

Asked Apr 18 '20 at 21:17

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In PyQt5, I have a QTreeView tree_view that has a model called file_model. I tried to set the root index by calling file_model.setRootPath(os.getcwd() + "/sets") then calling tree_view.setRootIndex(file_model.index("sets")). However, my program only shows the child folders of the directory sets, but the parent folder.

A snippet of my code:

self.file_model = QtWidgets.QFileSystemModel()
self.file_model.setRootPath(getcwd() + "/sets")
self.file_model.setFilter(QDir.AllDirs | QDir.NoDotAndDotDot)

self.tree_view = QtWidgets.QTreeView()
self.tree_view.setModel(self.file_model)
self.tree_view.setRootIndex(self.file_model.index("sets"))

However, this is shown:

The problem is that I also want to show the parent directory sets. What is a way to do that in PyQt5?

edited Apr 18 '20 at 21:30

asked Apr 18 '20 at 21:17

Evan Zhao

If you want to use the parent directory as the root, why don't you use that directory as root index? – musicamante Apr 18 '20 at 21:28
hmm... the parent directory is set as the root index. I'm not sure what you mean – Evan Zhao Apr 18 '20 at 21:31
If you want to show the "sets" directory too, you have to set the root to the parent of "sets". – musicamante Apr 18 '20 at 21:35

PyQt5 QTreeView show parent directory

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