[Paraview-developers] pqFileChooserWidget questions

[Robert Maynard]

Does it fail if you pass /tmp/? If you are in directory mode /tmp would
need to first verify that tmp is a folder and not a file.


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Joshua Murphy <
Joshua.Murphy at lasp.colorado.edu> wrote:

> I figure it out.. In the file pqFileChooserWidget.cxx on line 99, the code
> is:
>
> this->LineEdit->setText(QFileInfo(files[0]).path());
>
> To return the correct path, this would have to be:
>
> this->LineEdit->setText(QFileInfo(files[0]).filePath());
>
> I have made a copy of the widget and made this modification and it works
> correctly.  Might someone make the change (baring any problems with this
> unbeknownst to me) in the master code so that it might work as expected?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
> From: Joshua Murphy <Joshua.Murphy at lasp.colorado.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 1:00 PM
> To: "paraview-developers at paraview.org" <paraview-developers at paraview.org>
> Subject: [Paraview-developers] pqFileChooserWidget questions
>
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to use pqFileChooserWidget to select a path for storing
> temp files in my properties panel, and I am having trouble.
>
> I am using it as follows:
>
>
>    1. create a custom property panel widget using a pqFileChooserWidget
>    as the ui.
>    2. Set  setUseDirectoryMode(true)
>
>
> When selecting a path, the following odd behavior occurs:
>
> 1)  Select the path the I want
> 2) click OK
> 3) in the dialog, the path ONE STEP BELOW the selected path is displayed.
>
> For example: if I select /tmp, the ui will show that / is selected.   If I
> select /tmp/sc01a, the ui shows /tmp as selected.
>
> Could someone provide some information on why this may be occurring?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
> Joshua J. Murphy
> Computer Scientist
> Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
> University of Colorado, Boulder
>
>
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