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KFileDialog Class Reference

Provides a user (and developer) friendly way to select files and directories. A file selection dialog. More...

#include <kfiledialog.h>

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Public Types

enum  OperationMode { Other = 0, Opening, Saving }

Signals

void fileSelected (const QString &)
void fileHighlighted (const QString &)
void selectionChanged ()
void filterChanged (const QString &filter)

Public Member Functions

 KFileDialog (const QString &startDir, const QString &filter, QWidget *parent, const char *name, bool modal)
 KFileDialog (const QString &startDir, const QString &filter, QWidget *parent, const char *name, bool modal, QWidget *widget)
 ~KFileDialog ()
KURL selectedURL () const
KURL::List selectedURLs () const
KURL baseURL () const
QString selectedFile () const
QStringList selectedFiles () const
void setURL (const KURL &url, bool clearforward=true)
void setSelection (const QString &name)
void setOperationMode (KFileDialog::OperationMode)
OperationMode operationMode () const
void setKeepLocation (bool keep)
bool keepsLocation () const
void setFilter (const QString &filter)
QString currentFilter () const
void setFilterMimeType (const QString &label, const KMimeType::List &types, const KMimeType::Ptr &defaultType) KDE_DEPRECATED
KMimeType::Ptr currentFilterMimeType ()
void setMimeFilter (const QStringList &types, const QString &defaultType=QString::null)
QString currentMimeFilter () const
void clearFilter ()
void setPreviewWidget (const QWidget *w) KDE_DEPRECATED
void setPreviewWidget (const KPreviewWidgetBase *w)
virtual void show ()
void setMode (KFile::Mode m)
void setMode (unsigned int m)
KFile::Mode mode () const
void setLocationLabel (const QString &text)
KToolBar * toolBar () const
KPushButton * okButton () const
KPushButton * cancelButton () const
KURLBar * speedBar ()
KActionCollection * actionCollection () const
int pathComboIndex ()

Static Public Member Functions

static QString getOpenFileName (const QString &startDir=QString::null, const QString &filter=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static QString getOpenFileNameWId (const QString &startDir, const QString &filter, WId parent_id, const QString &caption)
static QStringList getOpenFileNames (const QString &startDir=QString::null, const QString &filter=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static KURL getOpenURL (const QString &startDir=QString::null, const QString &filter=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static KURL::List getOpenURLs (const QString &startDir=QString::null, const QString &filter=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static QString getSaveFileName (const QString &startDir=QString::null, const QString &filter=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static QString getSaveFileNameWId (const QString &dir, const QString &filter, WId parent_id, const QString &caption)
static KURL getSaveURL (const QString &startDir=QString::null, const QString &filter=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static QString getExistingDirectory (const QString &startDir=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static KURL getExistingURL (const QString &startDir=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static KURL getImageOpenURL (const QString &startDir=QString::null, QWidget *parent=0, const QString &caption=QString::null)
static KURL getStartURL (const QString &startDir, QString &recentDirClass)
static void setStartDir (const KURL &directory)

Protected Slots

void urlEntered (const KURL &)
void enterURL (const KURL &url)
void enterURL (const QString &url)
void locationActivated (const QString &url)
void toolbarCallback (int)
void pathComboChanged (const QString &)
void dirCompletion (const QString &)
void slotFilterChanged ()
void fileHighlighted (const KFileItem *i)
void fileSelected (const KFileItem *i)
void slotStatResult (KIO::Job *job)
void slotLoadingFinished ()
void fileCompletion (const QString &)
void toggleSpeedbar (bool)
void toggleBookmarks (bool show)
virtual void updateStatusLine (int dirs, int files)
virtual void slotOk ()
virtual void accept ()
virtual void slotCancel ()
void slotAutoSelectExtClicked ()
void addToRecentDocuments ()
void initSpeedbar ()

Protected Member Functions

virtual void keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent *e)
void init (const QString &startDir, const QString &filter, QWidget *widget)
virtual void initGUI ()
void multiSelectionChanged ()
virtual void readConfig (KConfig *, const QString &group=QString::null)
virtual void writeConfig (KConfig *, const QString &group=QString::null)
virtual void readRecentFiles (KConfig *)
virtual void saveRecentFiles (KConfig *)
KURL::List tokenize (const QString &line) const
KURL getCompleteURL (const QString &)
QString currentFilterExtension ()
void updateAutoSelectExtension ()
KURL::List & parseSelectedURLs () const
virtual void virtual_hook (int id, void *data)

Protected Attributes

KToolBar * toolbar
KURLComboBox * locationEdit
KFileFilterCombo * filterWidget
KDirOperator * ops
bool autoDirectoryFollowing

Static Protected Attributes

static KURL * lastDirectory

Detailed Description

Provides a user (and developer) friendly way to select files and directories. A file selection dialog.

The widget can be used as a drop in replacement for the QFileDialog widget, but has greater functionality and a nicer GUI.

You will usually want to use one of the static methods getOpenFileName(), getSaveFileName(), getOpenURL() or for multiple files getOpenFileNames() or getOpenURLs().

The dialog has been designed to allow applications to customise it by subclassing. It uses geometry management to ensure that subclasses can easily add children that will be incorporated into the layout.

kfiledialog.png

KDE File Dialog

Author:
Richard J. Moore <rich@kde.org>, Carsten Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@kde.org>

Definition at line 77 of file kfiledialog.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum KFileDialog::OperationMode
 

Defines some default behavior of the filedialog.

E.g. in mode Opening and Saving, the selected files/urls will be added to the "recent documents" list. The Saving mode also implies setKeepLocation() being set.

Other means that no default actions are performed.

See also:
setOperationMode

operationMode

Definition at line 94 of file kfiledialog.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KFileDialog::KFileDialog (  const QString &  startDir,
const QString &  filter,
QWidget *  parent,
const char *  name,
bool  modal
) 
 

Constructs a file dialog.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter A shell glob or a mime-type-filter that specifies which files to display.
parent The parent widget of this dialog
name The name of this object
modal Whether to create a modal dialog or not See setFilter() for details on how to use this argument.

Definition at line 168 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References init().

KFileDialog::KFileDialog (  const QString &  startDir,
const QString &  filter,
QWidget *  parent,
const char *  name,
bool  modal,
QWidget *  widget
) 
 

Constructs a file dialog.

The parameters here are identical to the first constructor except for the addition of a QWidget parameter.

Historical note: The original version of KFileDialog did not have this extra parameter. It was added later, and, in order to maintain binary compatibility, it was placed in a new constructor instead of added to the original one.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter A shell glob or a mime-type-filter that specifies which files to display. See setFilter() for details on how to use this argument.
widget A widget, or a widget of widgets, for displaying custom data in the dialog. This can be used, for example, to display a check box with the caption "Open as read-only". When creating this widget, you don't need to specify a parent, since the widget's parent will be set automatically by KFileDialog.
parent The parent widget of this dialog
name The name of this object
modal Whether to create a modal dialog or not
Since:
3.1

Definition at line 175 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References init().

KFileDialog::~KFileDialog (   ) 
 

Destructs the file dialog.

Definition at line 183 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KGlobal::config(), and KConfigBase::sync().

Member Function Documentation

KURL KFileDialog::selectedURL (   )  const
 

Returns:
The selected fully qualified filename.

Definition at line 1426 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References QDialog::result(), and KURL::url().

Referenced by getOpenURL(), getSaveURL(), and KURLRequester::slotOpenDialog().

KURL::List KFileDialog::selectedURLs (   )  const
 

Returns:
The list of selected URLs.

Definition at line 1434 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References QValueList::append(), KDirOperator::mode(), and QDialog::result().

Referenced by getOpenURLs().

KURL KFileDialog::baseURL (   )  const
 

Returns:
the currently shown directory.

Definition at line 1566 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::url().

QString KFileDialog::selectedFile (   )  const
 

Returns the full path of the selected file in the local filesystem.

(Local files only)

Definition at line 1527 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References QDialog::result(), and KMessageBox::sorry().

Referenced by getOpenFileName(), getOpenFileNameWId(), getSaveFileName(), and getSaveFileNameWId().

QStringList KFileDialog::selectedFiles (   )  const
 

Returns a list of all selected local files.

Definition at line 1542 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References QValueList::begin(), QValueList::end(), KDirOperator::mode(), and QDialog::result().

Referenced by getOpenFileNames().

void KFileDialog::setURL (  const KURL &  url,
bool  clearforward = true
) 
 

Sets the directory to view.

Parameters:
url URL to show.
clearforward Indicates whether the forward queue should be cleared.

Definition at line 1143 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::setURL().

Referenced by setSelection().

void KFileDialog::setSelection (  const QString &  name  ) 
 

Sets the file name to preselect to name.

This takes absolute URLs and relative file names.

Definition at line 1204 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References endl(), QFile::exists(), QString::findRev(), getCompleteURL(), KFileItem::isDir(), KURL::isLocalFile(), KURL::isValid(), kdDebug(), kdWarning(), QComboBox::lineEdit(), KURL::path(), KURL::setFileName(), KURL::setQuery(), setURL(), KDirOperator::url(), and KURL::url().

Referenced by getSaveFileName(), getSaveFileNameWId(), getSaveURL(), init(), and KURLRequester::slotOpenDialog().

void KFileDialog::setOperationMode (  KFileDialog::OperationMode   ) 
 

Sets the operational mode of the filedialog to Saving, Opening or Other.

This will set some flags that are specific to loading or saving files. E.g. setKeepLocation() makes mostly sense for a save-as dialog. So setOperationMode( KFileDialog::Saving ); sets setKeepLocation for example.

The mode Saving, together with a default filter set via setMimeFilter() will make the filter combobox read-only.

The default mode is Opening.

Call this method right after instantiating KFileDialog.

See also:
operationMode

KFileDialog::OperationMode

Definition at line 1810 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References updateAutoSelectExtension().

Referenced by getOpenFileName(), getOpenFileNames(), getOpenFileNameWId(), getOpenURL(), getOpenURLs(), getSaveFileName(), getSaveFileNameWId(), getSaveURL(), and KEncodingFileDialog::KEncodingFileDialog().

KFileDialog::OperationMode KFileDialog::operationMode (   )  const
 

Returns:
the current operation mode, Opening, Saving or Other. Default is Other.
See also:
operationMode

KFileDialog::OperationMode

Definition at line 1825 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

Referenced by updateAutoSelectExtension().

void KFileDialog::setKeepLocation (  bool  keep  ) 
 

Sets whether the filename/url should be kept when changing directories.

This is for example useful when having a predefined filename where the full path for that file is searched.

This is implicitly set when operationMode() is KFileDialog::Saving

getSaveFileName() and getSaveURL() set this to true by default, so that you can type in the filename and change the directory without having to type the name again.

Definition at line 1800 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

bool KFileDialog::keepsLocation (   )  const
 

Returns:
whether the contents of the location edit are kept when changing directories.

Definition at line 1805 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

void KFileDialog::setFilter (  const QString &  filter  ) 
 

Sets the filter to be used to filter.

You can set more filters for the user to select separated by '
'. Every filter entry is defined through namefilter|text to diplay. If no | is found in the expression, just the namefilter is shown. Examples:

 kfile->setFilter("*.cpp|C++ Source Files\n*.h|Header files");
 kfile->setFilter("*.cpp");
 kfile->setFilter("*.cpp|Sources (*.cpp)");
 kfile->setFilter("*.cpp|" + i18n("Sources (*.cpp)"));
 kfile->setFilter("*.cpp *.cc *.C|C++ Source Files\n*.h *.H|Header files");

Note: The text to display is not parsed in any way. So, if you want to show the suffix to select by a specific filter, you must repeat it.

If the filter contains an unescaped '/', a mimetype-filter is assumed. If you would like a '/' visible in your filter it can be escaped with a '\'. You can specify multiple mimetypes like this (separated with space):

 kfile->setFilter( "image/png text/html text/plain" );
 kfile->setFilter( "*.cue|CUE\\/BIN Files (*.cue)" );

See also:
filterChanged

setMimeFilter

Definition at line 204 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearFilter(), QWidget::find(), KShortcut::remove(), setMimeFilter(), KDirOperator::setNameFilter(), QStringList::split(), and updateAutoSelectExtension().

Referenced by init(), and KURLRequester::setFilter().

QString KFileDialog::currentFilter (   )  const
 

Returns the current filter as entered by the user or one of the predefined set via setFilter().

See also:
setFilter()

filterChanged()

Definition at line 233 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

Referenced by updateAutoSelectExtension().

void KFileDialog::setFilterMimeType (  const QString &  label,
const KMimeType::List &  types,
const KMimeType::Ptr &  defaultType
) 
 

Sets the filter up to specify the output type.

Parameters:
label the label to use instead of "Filter:"
types a list of mimetypes that can be used as output format
defaultType the default mimetype to use as output format.
Do not use in conjunction with setFilter()

Deprecated:

Definition at line 239 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References QString::append(), and setMimeFilter().

KMimeType::Ptr KFileDialog::currentFilterMimeType (   ) 
 

Returns the mimetype for the desired output format.

This is only valid if setFilterMimeType() has been called previously.

See also:
setFilterMimeType()

Definition at line 292 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References currentMimeFilter(), and KMimeType::mimeType().

void KFileDialog::setMimeFilter (  const QStringList &  types,
const QString &  defaultType = QString::null
) 
 

Sets the filter up to specify the output type.

Parameters:
types a list of mimetypes that can be used as output format
defaultType the default mimetype to use as output format, if any. If defaultType is set, it will be set as the current item. Otherwise, a first item showing all the mimetypes will be created. Typically, defaultType should be empty for loading and set for saving.
Do not use in conjunction with setFilter()

Definition at line 253 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearFilter(), KDirOperator::setMimeFilter(), QStringList::split(), and updateAutoSelectExtension().

Referenced by setFilter(), and setFilterMimeType().

QString KFileDialog::currentMimeFilter (   )  const
 

The mimetype for the desired output format.

This is only valid if setMimeFilter() has been called previously.

See also:
setMimeFilter()

Definition at line 281 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

Referenced by currentFilterMimeType().

void KFileDialog::clearFilter (   ) 
 

Clears any mime- or namefilter.

Does not reload the directory.

Definition at line 270 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearFilter(), and updateAutoSelectExtension().

void KFileDialog::setPreviewWidget (  const QWidget *  w  ) 
 

Deprecated:
Add a preview widget and enter the preview mode.
In this mode the dialog is split and the right part contains your widget. This widget has to inherit QWidget and it has to implement a slot showPreview(const KURL &); which is called every time the file changes. You may want to look at koffice/lib/kofficecore/koFilterManager.cc for some hints :)

Ownership is transferred to KFileDialog. You need to create the preview-widget with "new", i.e. on the heap.

Definition at line 297 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), and KDirOperator::setPreviewWidget().

void KFileDialog::setPreviewWidget (  const KPreviewWidgetBase *  w  ) 
 

Adds a preview widget and enters the preview mode.

In this mode the dialog is split and the right part contains your preview widget.

Ownership is transferred to KFileDialog. You need to create the preview-widget with "new", i.e. on the heap.

Parameters:
w The widget to be used for the preview.

Definition at line 303 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), and KDirOperator::setPreviewWidget().

QString KFileDialog::getOpenFileName (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
const QString &  filter = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and return the selected filename or an empty string if none was chosen.

Note that with this method the user must select an existing filename.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter This is a space separated list of shell globs. You can set the text to be displayed for the glob, and provide multiple globs. See setFilter() for details on how to do this...
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1298 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), QDialog::exec(), ops, selectedFile(), KDialog::setCaption(), setMode(), and setOperationMode().

QString KFileDialog::getOpenFileNameWId (  const QString &  startDir,
const QString &  filter,
WId  parent_id,
const QString &  caption
)  [static]
 

Use this version only if you have no QWidget available as parent widget.

This can be the case if the parent widget is a widget in another process or if the parent widget is a non-Qt widget. For example, in a GTK program.

Since:
3.4

Definition at line 1314 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), QDialog::exec(), QWidget::find(), ops, selectedFile(), KDialog::setCaption(), setMode(), and setOperationMode().

QStringList KFileDialog::getOpenFileNames (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
const QString &  filter = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and returns the selected filenames or an empty list if none was chosen.

Note that with this method the user must select an existing filename.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter This is a space separated list of shell globs. You can set the text to be displayed for the glob, and provide multiple globs. See setFilter() for details on how to do this...
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1338 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), QDialog::exec(), ops, selectedFiles(), KDialog::setCaption(), setMode(), and setOperationMode().

KURL KFileDialog::getOpenURL (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
const QString &  filter = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and returns the selected URL or an empty string if none was chosen.

Note that with this method the user must select an existing URL.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter This is a space separated list of shell globs. You can set the text to be displayed for the glob, and provide multiple globs. See setFilter() for details on how to do this...
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1354 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), QDialog::exec(), ops, selectedURL(), KDialog::setCaption(), setMode(), and setOperationMode().

KURL::List KFileDialog::getOpenURLs (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
const QString &  filter = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and returns the selected URLs or an empty list if none was chosen.

Note that with this method the user must select an existing filename.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter This is a space separated list of shell globs. You can set the text to be displayed for the glob, and provide multiple globs. See setFilter() for details on how to do this...
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1368 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KDirOperator::clearHistory(), QDialog::exec(), ops, selectedURLs(), KDialog::setCaption(), setMode(), and setOperationMode().

QString KFileDialog::getSaveFileName (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
const QString &  filter = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and returns the selected filename or an empty string if none was chosen.

Note that with this method the user need not select an existing filename.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • a relative path or a filename determining the directory to start in and the file to be selected.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter This is a space separated list of shell globs. You can set the text to be displayed for the glob, and provide multiple globs. See setFilter() for details on how to do this...
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1571 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KRecentDocument::add(), QString::at(), QDialog::exec(), QString::isEmpty(), selectedFile(), KDialog::setCaption(), setOperationMode(), and setSelection().

QString KFileDialog::getSaveFileNameWId (  const QString &  dir,
const QString &  filter,
WId  parent_id,
const QString &  caption
)  [static]
 

This function accepts the window id of the parent window, instead of QWidget*.

It should be used only when necessary.

Since:
3.4

Definition at line 1592 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KRecentDocument::add(), QString::at(), QDialog::exec(), QWidget::find(), QString::isEmpty(), selectedFile(), KDialog::setCaption(), setOperationMode(), and setSelection().

KURL KFileDialog::getSaveURL (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
const QString &  filter = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and returns the selected filename or an empty string if none was chosen.

Note that with this method the user need not select an existing filename.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • a relative path or a filename determining the directory to start in and the file to be selected.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
filter This is a space separated list of shell globs. You can set the text to be displayed for the glob, and provide multiple globs. See setFilter() for details on how to do this...
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1621 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References KRecentDocument::add(), QDialog::exec(), KURL::isValid(), selectedURL(), KDialog::setCaption(), setOperationMode(), and setSelection().

QString KFileDialog::getExistingDirectory (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null
)  [static]
 

Creates a modal file dialog and returns the selected directory or an empty string if none was chosen.

Parameters:
startDir This can either be
  • The URL of the directory to start in.
  • QString::null to start in the current working directory, or the last directory where a file has been selected.
  • ':<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in the same application that specified the same keyword.
  • '::<keyword>' to start in the directory last used by a filedialog in any application that specified the same keyword.
parent The widget the dialog will be centered on initially.
caption The name of the dialog widget.

Definition at line 1391 of file kfiledialog.cpp.

References QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(), KURL::isValid(), KURL::path(), and KDirSelectDialog::selectDirectory().

KURL KFileDialog::getExistingURL (  const QString &  startDir = QString::null,
QWidget *  parent = 0,
const QString &  caption = QString::null