[Paraview-developers] pqFileChooserWidget questions

[Robert Maynard]

Yes it is used by CMB.


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> wrote:

> I think there needs to be another fix. If I remember correctly,
> the setUseDirectoryMode() was added to support the use-case where the user
> selects a foo.bar file, but the ServerManager Property on the filter/reader
> is to be set to the containing directory for that file. I'll need to brush
> my memory a bit more to figure out which concrete use-case was this one (or
> if that's no longer the case). A quick search for "UseDirectoryName" hint
> in ServerManager xml didn't yield anything. Rob, does CMB use it?
>
> Utkarsh
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Robert Maynard <robert.maynard at kitware.com
> > wrote:
>
>> 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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