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QFileDialog is a class from the Qt toolkit which provides a dialog allowing users to select files or directories.

Documentation can be found here (Qt4) and here (Qt5).

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QFileDialog - differences between PyQt4/PyQt5/PySide

I have been working my way through Summerfields book on Rapid GUI programming with Python and QT (PyQt to be more precise), but the book from 2007 uses version 4.x and I am trying to get going with the current version (5.4.2). There are some…
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QFileDialog filter from mime-types

I want the filter in a QFileDialog to match all audio file types supported by Phonon on the platform in question. 1 - However I am not able to find a way in Qt to use mime types in a filter. How can I do that? 2 - Or how can I find the corresponding…
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QFileDialog works only once after reboot (prints an error otherwise)

The problem I use a QFileDialog. It worked very well and suddently my issue appeared. After a reboot, the code given below works as expected. Then if I close the app and relaunch it, the modal window takes a long time to appear and never shows the…
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I try to use QFileDialog for choose a file on PyQt but it don't run

I'm new on stackoverflow. I have a MainWindow on PyQt, I want click a button and open a QFileDialog for choose a file. The problem is: If I use a MainWindow, QFileDialog don't run. If I use a Dialog, QFileDialog run. This is my code for the…
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QFileDialog - how to specify home directory

I tried the following to open a file dialog that should display the users home directory: QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select database"), QDir::homePath(), tr("Database Files (*.db…
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How to specify the QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory() method?

With the method/command: OpenCreateDirectory() { QString Directory = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this, tr("Choose Or Create Directory"), "/home", …
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Force QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog globally in a QT program

To avoid the freeze at https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-59184 on Ubuntu Unity (and some networking issues on Windows), I'd like to force QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog in all the calls to the static functions of QFileDialog. Some of the calls…
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File dialog not working with PyQt5?

This is my first time attempting to create a GUI. I have created a simple program with a button that is supposed to open the file browser and return that file. I know PyQt5 has some built in file dialog commands, but they are not working for me. I…
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Name Error: name 'QFileDialog' is not defined

I am working on coursework for computer science and can't work out why the piece of code isn't working. I am trying to connect a button that I've created in PyQt4 so that when it is pressed it shows a directory dialogue: self.Browse_Button_1 =…
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QFileDialog doesn't work with tags in OSX and Qt 5.7

I need fileDialog to work properly with tags. On OSX, when I try to click on tag - this code removes all files from file dialog, so I can't pick them. Looks like I found solution Option::DontResolveSymlinks but it doesn't work either. Update: if…
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PyQt QFileDialog - Multiple Directory Selection

I am trying to create a QFileDialog that allows the user to select multiple directories. Following the discussion here and the faq here, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I get a file dialog, but it still only lets me select a single directory…
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How to use options in QFileDialog.getOpenFileName?

I would like to use options in the static method QFileDialog.getOpenFileName. For example i would like to set two options: QFileDialog.ExistingFile and QFileDialog.Detail. I have already read this text:…
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Python PyQt Pyside - setNameFilters in QFileDialog does not work

(Windows 7 64 Bit, PyCharm 3.4.1 Pro, Python 3.4.0, PySide 1.2.2) I want to make a file dialog with filters and preselect one filter. If i use the static method, it works, i can use filters and preselect one filter. dir = self.sourceDir filters =…
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How to know the file's type to save, using QFileDialog

About pyQt4 I prefer to use the static method for the getSaveFilename in the QFileDialog so that the user sees the Windows/Mac native dialog. My problem is that if the user doesn't type the file extension the in the save file name (say when…
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Limit amount of files user can select in QFileDialog

Here the code: dialog = new QFileDialog(this); dialog->setFileMode(QFileDialog::ExistingFiles); connect(dialog, SIGNAL(currentChanged(const QString&)), this, SLOT(dialogSelectionChanged(const QString&))); void…
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