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How to make "Browse for folder" dialog?

I'm trying to make a folder selection dialog which looks like this:

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The images come from this thread: can the Open File dialog be used to select a Folder?

I tried both QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory() and making an instance of QFileDialog and setting the properties. It just shows the Open File dialog with hidden files.

Solution

  • It seems that I have to answer myself. I did it purely in Qt in the end, by making the entire dialog:

    Header file:

    #pragma once

#include <QtWidgets/QDialog>

class QTreeView;
class QFileSystemModel;
class QLineEdit;
class QPushButton;

class CDirSelectionDlg : public QDialog {
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    CDirSelectionDlg(const QString initialPath, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
    QDir directory() const;

private:
    void onCurrentChanged();

    QTreeView *m_treeView;
    QFileSystemModel *m_model;
    QLineEdit *m_folderName;
    QPushButton *m_OKbutton;
    QString m_initialPath;
};

    Source file:

    #include "DirSelectionDlg.h"

#include <QLabel>
#include <QBoxLayout>
#include <QDialogButtonBox>
#include <QTreeView>
#include <QFileSystemModel>
#include <QPushButton>
#include <QLineEdit>

CDirSelectionDlg::CDirSelectionDlg(const QString initialPath, QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent), m_initialPath(initialPath)
{
    setMinimumSize(200, 300);
    resize(400, 430);
    m_model = new QFileSystemModel(this);
    auto rootIdx = m_model->setRootPath(m_initialPath);
    m_treeView = new QTreeView(this);
    m_treeView->setModel(m_model);
    m_treeView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
    m_treeView->setHeaderHidden(true);
    m_treeView->setSortingEnabled(true);
    m_treeView->sortByColumn(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
    for(int i = 1; i < m_model->columnCount(); i ++)    // don't show Size, Type, etc.
        m_treeView->setColumnHidden(i, true);
    m_treeView->scrollTo(rootIdx);
    m_treeView->selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex(rootIdx, QItemSelectionModel::Current | QItemSelectionModel::Select);
    connect(m_treeView->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged, this, &CDirSelectionDlg::onCurrentChanged);

    auto buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox::Ok | QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
    connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, this, &CDirSelectionDlg::accept);
    connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, this, &CDirSelectionDlg::reject);
    m_OKbutton = buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok);

    auto label = new QLabel(tr("Folder:"));
    m_folderName = new QLineEdit(this);
    m_folderName->setReadOnly(true);
    m_folderName->setText(QFileInfo(m_initialPath).fileName());
    auto pathLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
    pathLayout->addWidget(label);
    pathLayout->addSpacing(10);
    pathLayout->addWidget(m_folderName);

    auto mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
    mainLayout->addWidget(m_treeView);
    mainLayout->addSpacing(10);
    mainLayout->addLayout(pathLayout);
    mainLayout->addSpacing(10);
    mainLayout->addWidget(buttonBox);
    setLayout(mainLayout);
}

void CDirSelectionDlg::onCurrentChanged()
{
    auto fileInfo = m_model->fileInfo(m_treeView->selectionModel()->currentIndex());
    m_folderName->setText(fileInfo.fileName());
    m_OKbutton->setEnabled(fileInfo.isDir());
    m_OKbutton->setDefault(fileInfo.isDir());
}

QDir CDirSelectionDlg::directory() const
{
    return QDir(m_model->fileInfo(m_treeView->selectionModel()->currentIndex()).absoluteFilePath());
}

    I'm using Qt 5.3.1.