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Pieter
Pieter

Reputation: 32805

QFileDialog alternative that uses default file dialog defined by OS?

I tried using a QFileDialog in a program of mine, but I prefer the default file dialog that is used by the host's OS. In my case, since I use Windows 7, it should look like this:

Windows' file open dialog

Is there a way to make Qt use the default file dialog that is used by the host's OS?

My code:

QFileDialog saveDialog(this);
saveDialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);

if (!saveDialog.exec())
    return;

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5550

Answers (2)

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 2769

Use the static functions for it and it will work.

QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, ... vars);

It will use the native dialogs for OSX and Windows, but if you don't use one of the static functions to show it, it will use the QT one.

It was written in the docs for those different static functions.

http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qfiledialog.html

Upvotes: 3

jkerian
jkerian

Reputation: 17046

Unless you've told it not to, Qt tries to use the native file dialogs. If it isn't with windows7, that's a bug.

Show us some testcase code, it should be working. Are you subclassing your own QFileDialog instead of using the builtin static method?

Upvotes: 0

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