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Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5

You're reading from   Hands-On GUI Programming with C++ and Qt5 Build stunning cross-platform applications and widgets with the most powerful GUI framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788397827
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Lee Zhi Eng Lee Zhi Eng
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Qt FREE CHAPTER 2. Qt Widgets and Style Sheets 3. Database Connection 4. Graphs and Charts 5. Item Views and Dialogs 6. Integrating Web Content 7. Map Viewer 8. Graphics View 9. The Camera Module 10. Instant Messaging 11. Implementing a Graphics Editor 12. Cloud Storage 13. Multimedia Viewers 14. Qt Quick and QML 15. Cross-Platform Development 16. Testing and Debugging 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating File Selection Dialogs

Since we have covered the topic about message boxes, let's also learn about the other type of dialog—the File Selection Dialog. The File Selection Dialog is also very useful, especially if your application frequently deals with files. It is extremely unpleasant to ask users to key in the absolute path of the file they wanted to open, so the File Selection Dialog is very handy in this kind of situation.

Qt provides us with a built-in File Selection Dialog that looks exactly the same as the one we see in our operating system, and therefore, it won't feel unfamiliar to the users. The File Selection Dialog essentially only does one thing—it lets the user pick the file(s) or folder they want and return the path(s) of the selected file(s) or folder; that's all. In fact, it is not in charge of opening the file and reading its...

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