QFileDialog¶

The QFileDialog class provides a dialog that allow users to select files or directories. More…

Synopsis¶

Functions¶

def acceptMode ()
def defaultSuffix ()
def directory ()
def directoryUrl ()
def fileMode ()
def filter ()
def history ()
def iconProvider ()
def itemDelegate ()
def labelText (label)
def mimeTypeFilters ()
def nameFilters ()
def open (receiver, member)
def options ()
def proxyModel ()
def restoreState (state)
def saveState ()
def selectFile (filename)
def selectMimeTypeFilter (filter)
def selectNameFilter (filter)
def selectUrl (url)
def selectedFiles ()
def selectedMimeTypeFilter ()
def selectedNameFilter ()
def selectedUrls ()
def setAcceptMode (mode)
def setDefaultSuffix (suffix)
def setDirectory (directory)
def setDirectory (directory)
def setDirectoryUrl (directory)
def setFileMode (mode)
def setFilter (filters)
def setHistory (paths)
def setIconProvider (provider)
def setItemDelegate (delegate)
def setLabelText (label, text)
def setMimeTypeFilters (filters)
def setNameFilter (filter)
def setNameFilters (filters)
def setOption (option[, on=true])
def setOptions (options)
def setProxyModel (model)
def setSidebarUrls (urls)
def setSupportedSchemes (schemes)
def setViewMode (mode)
def sidebarUrls ()
def supportedSchemes ()
def testOption (option)
def viewMode ()

Signals¶

def currentChanged (path)
def currentUrlChanged (url)
def directoryEntered (directory)
def directoryUrlEntered (directory)
def fileSelected (file)
def filesSelected (files)
def filterSelected (filter)
def urlSelected (url)
def urlsSelected (urls)

Static functions¶

def getExistingDirectory ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=””[, options=QFileDialog.Option.ShowDirsOnly]]]])
def getExistingDirectoryUrl ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=QUrl()[, options=QFileDialog.Option.ShowDirsOnly[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]])
def getOpenFileName ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=””[, filter=””[, selectedFilter=””[, options=QFileDialog.Options()]]]]]])
def getOpenFileNames ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=””[, filter=””[, selectedFilter=””[, options=QFileDialog.Options()]]]]]])
def getOpenFileUrl ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=QUrl()[, filter=””[, selectedFilter=””[, options=QFileDialog.Options()[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]]]])
def getOpenFileUrls ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=QUrl()[, filter=””[, selectedFilter=””[, options=QFileDialog.Options()[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]]]])
def getSaveFileName ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=””[, filter=””[, selectedFilter=””[, options=QFileDialog.Options()]]]]]])
def getSaveFileUrl ([parent=None[, caption=””[, dir=QUrl()[, filter=””[, selectedFilter=””[, options=QFileDialog.Options()[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]]]])
def saveFileContent (fileContent[, fileNameHint=””])

Detailed Description¶

The QFileDialog class enables a user to traverse the file system in order to select one or many files or a directory.

The easiest way to create a QFileDialog is to use the static functions.

fileName = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self,
    tr("Open Image"), "/home/jana", tr("Image Files (*.png *.jpg *.bmp)"))

In the above example, a modal QFileDialog is created using a static function. The dialog initially displays the contents of the “/home/jana” directory, and displays files matching the patterns given in the string “Image Files (*.png *.jpg *.bmp)”. The parent of the file dialog is set to this, and the window title is set to “Open Image”.

If you want to use multiple filters, separate each one with two semicolons. For example:

"Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;Text files (*.txt);;XML files (*.xml)"

You can create your own QFileDialog without using the static functions. By calling setFileMode() , you can specify what the user must select in the dialog:

dialog = QFileDialog(self)
dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog.AnyFile)

In the above example, the mode of the file dialog is set to AnyFile , meaning that the user can select any file, or even specify a file that doesn’t exist. This mode is useful for creating a “Save As” file dialog. Use ExistingFile if the user must select an existing file, or Directory if only a directory may be selected. See the FileMode enum for the complete list of modes.

The fileMode property contains the mode of operation for the dialog; this indicates what types of objects the user is expected to select. Use setNameFilter() to set the dialog’s file filter. For example:

dialog.setNameFilter(tr("Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)"))

In the above example, the filter is set to "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)", this means that only files with the extension png, xpm, or jpg will be shown in the QFileDialog . You can apply several filters by using setNameFilters() . Use selectNameFilter() to select one of the filters you’ve given as the file dialog’s default filter.

The file dialog has two view modes: List and Detail . List presents the contents of the current directory as a list of file and directory names. Detail also displays a list of file and directory names, but provides additional information alongside each name, such as the file size and modification date. Set the mode with setViewMode() :

dialog.setViewMode(QFileDialog.Detail)

The last important function you will need to use when creating your own file dialog is selectedFiles() .

fileNames = QStringList()
if dialog.exec():
    fileNames = dialog.selectedFiles()

In the above example, a modal file dialog is created and shown. If the user clicked OK, the file they selected is put in fileName.

The dialog’s working directory can be set with setDirectory() . Each file in the current directory can be selected using the selectFile() function.

The Standard Dialogs example shows how to use QFileDialog as well as other built-in Qt dialogs.

By default, a platform-native file dialog will be used if the platform has one. In that case, the widgets which would otherwise be used to construct the dialog will not be instantiated, so related accessors such as layout() and itemDelegate() will return null. You can set the DontUseNativeDialog option to ensure that the widget-based implementation will be used instead of the native dialog.

See also

QDir QFileInfo QFile QColorDialog QFontDialog Standard Dialogs Example Qt Widgets - Application Example

class PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog(parent, f)¶

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog([parent=None[, caption=””[, directory=””[, filter=””]]]])

Parameters

caption – str
directory – str
filter – str
f – WindowFlags
parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget

Constructs a file dialog with the given parent and widget flags.

Constructs a file dialog with the given parent and caption that initially displays the contents of the specified directory. The contents of the directory are filtered before being shown in the dialog, using a semicolon-separated list of filters specified by filter.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.ViewMode¶

This enum describes the view mode of the file dialog; i.e. what information about each file will be displayed.

Constant

Description

QFileDialog.Detail

Displays an icon, a name, and details for each item in the directory.

QFileDialog.List

Displays only an icon and a name for each item in the directory.

See also

setViewMode()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.FileMode¶

This enum is used to indicate what the user may select in the file dialog; i.e. what the dialog will return if the user clicks OK.

Constant

Description

QFileDialog.AnyFile

The name of a file, whether it exists or not.

QFileDialog.ExistingFile

The name of a single existing file.

QFileDialog.Directory

The name of a directory. Both files and directories are displayed. However, the native Windows file dialog does not support displaying files in the directory chooser.

QFileDialog.ExistingFiles

The names of zero or more existing files.

See also

setFileMode()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.AcceptMode¶

Constant	Description
QFileDialog.AcceptOpen
QFileDialog.AcceptSave

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.DialogLabel¶

Constant	Description
QFileDialog.LookIn
QFileDialog.FileName
QFileDialog.FileType
QFileDialog.Accept
QFileDialog.Reject

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Option¶

Constant	Description
QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly	Only show directories in the file dialog. By default both files and directories are shown. (Valid only in the `Directory` file mode.)
QFileDialog.DontResolveSymlinks	Don’t resolve symlinks in the file dialog. By default symlinks are resolved.
QFileDialog.DontConfirmOverwrite	Don’t ask for confirmation if an existing file is selected. By default confirmation is requested.

Note: This opption is not supported on macOS when using the native file dialog.

Constant

Description

QFileDialog.DontUseNativeDialog

Don’t use the native file dialog. By default, the native file dialog is used unless you use a subclass of QFileDialog that contains the Q_OBJECT macro, or the platform does not have a native dialog of the type that you require.

Note

This option must be set before changing dialog properties or showing the dialog.

Constant	Description
QFileDialog.ReadOnly	Indicates that the model is readonly.
QFileDialog.HideNameFilterDetails	Indicates if the file name filter details are hidden or not.
QFileDialog.DontUseCustomDirectoryIcons	Always use the default directory icon. Some platforms allow the user to set a different icon. Custom icon lookup cause a big performance impact over network or removable drives. Setting this will enable the QFileIconProvider::DontUseCustomDirectoryIcons option in the icon provider. This enum value was added in Qt 5.2.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.acceptMode()¶

Return type: AcceptMode

This property holds the accept mode of the dialog.

The action mode defines whether the dialog is for opening or saving files.

By default, this property is set to AcceptOpen .

See also

AcceptMode

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.currentChanged(path)¶

Parameters: path – str

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.currentUrlChanged(url)¶

Parameters: url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.defaultSuffix()¶

Return type: str

This property holds suffix added to the filename if no other suffix was specified.

This property specifies a string that will be added to the filename if it has no suffix already. The suffix is typically used to indicate the file type (e.g. “txt” indicates a text file).

If the first character is a dot (‘.’), it is removed.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.directory()¶

Return type: PySide6.QtCore.QDir

Returns the directory currently being displayed in the dialog.

See also

setDirectory()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.directoryEntered(directory)¶

Parameters: directory – str

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.directoryUrl()¶

Return type: PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Returns the url of the directory currently being displayed in the dialog.

See also

setDirectoryUrl()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.directoryUrlEntered(directory)¶

Parameters: directory – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.fileMode()¶

Return type: FileMode

This property holds the file mode of the dialog.

The file mode defines the number and type of items that the user is expected to select in the dialog.

By default, this property is set to AnyFile .

This function will set the labels for the FileName and Accept DialogLabel s. It is possible to set custom text after the call to .

See also

FileMode

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.fileSelected(file)¶

Parameters: file – str

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.filesSelected(files)¶

Parameters: files – list of strings

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.filter()¶

Return type: Filters

Returns the filter that is used when displaying files.

See also

setFilter()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.filterSelected(filter)¶

Parameters: filter – str

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=""[, options=QFileDialog.Option.ShowDirsOnly]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – str
options – Options

Return type

str

This is a convenience static function that will return an existing directory selected by the user.

dir = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(self, tr("Open Directory"),()
                                                "/home",
                                                QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly
                                                | QFileDialog.DontResolveSymlinks)

This function creates a modal file dialog with the given parent widget. If parent is not None, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent widget.

The dialog’s working directory is set to dir, and the caption is set to caption. Either of these may be an empty string in which case the current directory and a default caption will be used respectively.

The options argument holds various options about how to run the dialog, see the Option enum for more information on the flags you can pass. To ensure a native file dialog, ShowDirsOnly must be set.

On Windows and macOS, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog . However, the native Windows file dialog does not support displaying files in the directory chooser. You need to pass DontUseNativeDialog to display files using a QFileDialog .

On Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If options includes DontResolveSymlinks , the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

On Windows, the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers, and if parent is not None then it will position the dialog just below the parent’s title bar.

Warning

Do not delete parent during the execution of the dialog. If you want to do this, you should create the dialog yourself using one of the QFileDialog constructors.

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getExistingDirectoryUrl([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=QUrl()[, options=QFileDialog.Option.ShowDirsOnly[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
options – Options
supportedSchemes – list of strings

Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

This is a convenience static function that will return an existing directory selected by the user. If the user presses Cancel, it returns an empty url.

The function is used similarly to getExistingDirectory() . In particular parent, caption, dir and options are used in the exact same way.

The main difference with getExistingDirectory() comes from the ability offered to the user to select a remote directory. That’s why the return type and the type of dir is QUrl .

The supportedSchemes argument allows to restrict the type of URLs the user will be able to select. It is a way for the application to declare the protocols it will support to fetch the file content. An empty list means that no restriction is applied (the default). Supported for local files (“file” scheme) is implicit and always enabled; it is not necessary to include it in the restriction.

When possible, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog . On platforms which don’t support selecting remote files, Qt will allow to select only local files.

See also

getExistingDirectory() getOpenFileUrl() getOpenFileUrls() getSaveFileUrl()

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=""[, filter=""[, selectedFilter=""[, options=QFileDialog.Options()]]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – str
filter – str
selectedFilter – str
options – Options

Return type

(fileName, selectedFilter)

This is a convenience static function that returns an existing file selected by the user. If the user presses Cancel, it returns a null string.

fileName = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, tr("Open File"),()
                                                "/home",
                                                tr("Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)"))

The function creates a modal file dialog with the given parent widget. If parent is not None, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent widget.

The file dialog’s working directory will be set to dir. If dir includes a file name, the file will be selected. Only files that match the given filter are shown. The filter selected is set to selectedFilter. The parameters dir, selectedFilter, and filter may be empty strings. If you want multiple filters, separate them with ‘;;’, for example:

"Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;Text files (*.txt);;XML files (*.xml)"

The options argument holds various options about how to run the dialog, see the Option enum for more information on the flags you can pass.

The dialog’s caption is set to caption. If caption is not specified then a default caption will be used.

On Windows, and macOS, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog .

On Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers, and if parent is not None then it will position the dialog just below the parent’s title bar.

On Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If options includes DontResolveSymlinks , the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

Warning

Do not delete parent during the execution of the dialog. If you want to do this, you should create the dialog yourself using one of the QFileDialog constructors.

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=""[, filter=""[, selectedFilter=""[, options=QFileDialog.Options()]]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – str
filter – str
selectedFilter – str
options – Options

Return type

(fileNames, selectedFilter)

This is a convenience static function that will return one or more existing files selected by the user.

files = QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames(()
                        self,
                        "Select one or more files to open",
                        "/home",
                        "Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)")

This function creates a modal file dialog with the given parent widget. If parent is not None, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent widget.

The file dialog’s working directory will be set to dir. If dir includes a file name, the file will be selected. The filter is set to filter so that only those files which match the filter are shown. The filter selected is set to selectedFilter. The parameters dir, selectedFilter and filter may be empty strings. If you need multiple filters, separate them with ‘;;’, for instance:

"Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;Text files (*.txt);;XML files (*.xml)"

The dialog’s caption is set to caption. If caption is not specified then a default caption will be used.

On Windows, and macOS, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog .

On Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers, and if parent is not None then it will position the dialog just below the parent’s title bar.

On Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. The options argument holds various options about how to run the dialog, see the Option enum for more information on the flags you can pass.

Warning

Do not delete parent during the execution of the dialog. If you want to do this, you should create the dialog yourself using one of the QFileDialog constructors.

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileUrl([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=QUrl()[, filter=""[, selectedFilter=""[, options=QFileDialog.Options()[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
filter – str
selectedFilter – str
options – Options
supportedSchemes – list of strings

Return type

(fileName, selectedFilter)

This is a convenience static function that returns an existing file selected by the user. If the user presses Cancel, it returns an empty url.

The function is used similarly to getOpenFileName() . In particular parent, caption, dir, filter, selectedFilter and options are used in the exact same way.

The main difference with getOpenFileName() comes from the ability offered to the user to select a remote file. That’s why the return type and the type of dir is QUrl .

The supportedSchemes argument allows to restrict the type of URLs the user will be able to select. It is a way for the application to declare the protocols it will support to fetch the file content. An empty list means that no restriction is applied (the default). Supported for local files (“file” scheme) is implicit and always enabled; it is not necessary to include it in the restriction.

When possible, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog . On platforms which don’t support selecting remote files, Qt will allow to select only local files.

See also

getOpenFileName() getOpenFileUrls() getSaveFileUrl() getExistingDirectoryUrl()

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileUrls([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=QUrl()[, filter=""[, selectedFilter=""[, options=QFileDialog.Options()[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
filter – str
selectedFilter – str
options – Options
supportedSchemes – list of strings

Return type

(fileName, selectedFilter)

This is a convenience static function that will return one or more existing files selected by the user. If the user presses Cancel, it returns an empty list.

The function is used similarly to getOpenFileNames() . In particular parent, caption, dir, filter, selectedFilter and options are used in the exact same way.

The main difference with getOpenFileNames() comes from the ability offered to the user to select remote files. That’s why the return type and the type of dir are respectively QList < QUrl > and QUrl .

The supportedSchemes argument allows to restrict the type of URLs the user will be able to select. It is a way for the application to declare the protocols it will support to fetch the file content. An empty list means that no restriction is applied (the default). Supported for local files (“file” scheme) is implicit and always enabled; it is not necessary to include it in the restriction.

When possible, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog . On platforms which don’t support selecting remote files, Qt will allow to select only local files.

See also

getOpenFileNames() getOpenFileUrl() getSaveFileUrl() getExistingDirectoryUrl()

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileName([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=""[, filter=""[, selectedFilter=""[, options=QFileDialog.Options()]]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – str
filter – str
selectedFilter – str
options – Options

Return type

(fileName, selectedFilter)

This is a convenience static function that will return a file name selected by the user. The file does not have to exist.

It creates a modal file dialog with the given parent widget. If parent is not None, the dialog will be shown centered over the parent widget.

fileName = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, tr("Save File"),()
                           "/home/jana/untitled.png",
                           tr("Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)"))

The file dialog’s working directory will be set to dir. If dir includes a file name, the file will be selected. Only files that match the filter are shown. The filter selected is set to selectedFilter. The parameters dir, selectedFilter, and filter may be empty strings. Multiple filters are separated with ‘;;’. For instance:

"Images (*.png *.xpm *.jpg);;Text files (*.txt);;XML files (*.xml)"

The options argument holds various options about how to run the dialog, see the Option enum for more information on the flags you can pass.

The default filter can be chosen by setting selectedFilter to the desired value.

The dialog’s caption is set to caption. If caption is not specified, a default caption will be used.

On Windows, and macOS, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog .

On Windows the dialog will spin a blocking modal event loop that will not dispatch any QTimers, and if parent is not None then it will position the dialog just below the parent’s title bar. On macOS, with its native file dialog, the filter argument is ignored.

On Unix/X11, the normal behavior of the file dialog is to resolve and follow symlinks. For example, if /usr/tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp, the file dialog will change to /var/tmp after entering /usr/tmp. If options includes DontResolveSymlinks the file dialog will treat symlinks as regular directories.

Warning

Do not delete parent during the execution of the dialog. If you want to do this, you should create the dialog yourself using one of the QFileDialog constructors.

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getSaveFileUrl([parent=None[, caption=""[, dir=QUrl()[, filter=""[, selectedFilter=""[, options=QFileDialog.Options()[, supportedSchemes=list()]]]]]]])¶

Parameters

parent – PySide6.QtWidgets.QWidget
caption – str
dir – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
filter – str
selectedFilter – str
options – Options
supportedSchemes – list of strings

Return type

(fileName, selectedFilter)

This is a convenience static function that returns a file selected by the user. The file does not have to exist. If the user presses Cancel, it returns an empty url.

The function is used similarly to getSaveFileName() . In particular parent, caption, dir, filter, selectedFilter and options are used in the exact same way.

The main difference with getSaveFileName() comes from the ability offered to the user to select a remote file. That’s why the return type and the type of dir is QUrl .

The supportedSchemes argument allows to restrict the type of URLs the user will be able to select. It is a way for the application to declare the protocols it will support to save the file content. An empty list means that no restriction is applied (the default). Supported for local files (“file” scheme) is implicit and always enabled; it is not necessary to include it in the restriction.

When possible, this static function will use the native file dialog and not a QFileDialog . On platforms which don’t support selecting remote files, Qt will allow to select only local files.

See also

getSaveFileName() getOpenFileUrl() getOpenFileUrls() getExistingDirectoryUrl()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.history()¶

Return type: list of strings

Returns the browsing history of the filedialog as a list of paths.

See also

setHistory()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.iconProvider()¶

Return type: PySide6.QtGui.QAbstractFileIconProvider

Returns the icon provider used by the filedialog.

See also

setIconProvider()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.itemDelegate()¶

Return type: PySide6.QtWidgets.QAbstractItemDelegate

Returns the item delegate used to render the items in the views in the filedialog.

See also

setItemDelegate()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.labelText(label)¶

Parameters: label – DialogLabel
Return type: str

Returns the text shown in the filedialog in the specified label.

See also

setLabelText()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.mimeTypeFilters()¶

Return type: list of strings

Returns the MIME type filters that are in operation on this file dialog.

See also

setMimeTypeFilters()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.nameFilters()¶

Return type: list of strings

Returns the file type filters that are in operation on this file dialog.

See also

setNameFilters()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.open(receiver, member)¶

Parameters

receiver – PySide6.QtCore.QObject
member – str

This function connects one of its signals to the slot specified by receiver and member. The specific signal depends is filesSelected() if fileMode is ExistingFiles and fileSelected() if fileMode is anything else.

The signal will be disconnected from the slot when the dialog is closed.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.options()¶

Return type: Options

See also

setOptions()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.proxyModel()¶

Return type: PySide6.QtCore.QAbstractProxyModel

Returns the proxy model used by the file dialog. By default no proxy is set.

See also

setProxyModel()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.restoreState(state)¶

Parameters: state – PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray
Return type: bool

Restores the dialogs’s layout, history and current directory to the state specified.

Typically this is used in conjunction with QSettings to restore the size from a past session.

Returns false if there are errors

static PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.saveFileContent(fileContent[, fileNameHint=""])¶

Parameters

fileContent – PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray
fileNameHint – str

This is a convenience static function that saves fileContent to a file, using a file name and location chosen by the user. fileNameHint can be provided to suggest a file name to the user.

This function is used to save files to the local file system on Qt for WebAssembly, where the web sandbox places restrictions on how such access may happen. Its implementation will make the browser display a native file dialog, where the user makes the file selection.

It can also be used on other platforms, where it will fall back to using QFileDialog .

The function is asynchronous and returns immediately.

imageData = QByteArray()
QFileDialog.saveFile("myimage.png", imageData)

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.saveState()¶

Return type: PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

Saves the state of the dialog’s layout, history and current directory.

Typically this is used in conjunction with QSettings to remember the size for a future session. A version number is stored as part of the data.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectFile(filename)¶

Parameters: filename – str

Selects the given filename in the file dialog.

See also

selectedFiles()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectMimeTypeFilter(filter)¶

Parameters: filter – str

Sets the current MIME type filter.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectNameFilter(filter)¶

Parameters: filter – str

Sets the current file type filter. Multiple filters can be passed in filter by separating them with semicolons or spaces.

See also

setNameFilter() setNameFilters() selectedNameFilter()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectUrl(url)¶

Parameters: url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Selects the given url in the file dialog.

Note

The non-native QFileDialog supports only local files.

See also

selectedUrls()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectedFiles()¶

Return type: list of strings

Returns a list of strings containing the absolute paths of the selected files in the dialog. If no files are selected, or the mode is not ExistingFiles or ExistingFile , contains the current path in the viewport.

See also

selectedNameFilter() selectFile()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectedMimeTypeFilter()¶

Return type: str

Returns The mimetype of the file that the user selected in the file dialog.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectedNameFilter()¶

Return type: str

Returns the filter that the user selected in the file dialog.

See also

selectedFiles()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.selectedUrls()¶

Return type

Returns a list of urls containing the selected files in the dialog. If no files are selected, or the mode is not ExistingFiles or ExistingFile , contains the current path in the viewport.

See also

selectedNameFilter() selectUrl()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setAcceptMode(mode)¶

Parameters: mode – AcceptMode

This property holds the accept mode of the dialog.

The action mode defines whether the dialog is for opening or saving files.

By default, this property is set to AcceptOpen .

See also

AcceptMode

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setDefaultSuffix(suffix)¶

Parameters: suffix – str

This property holds suffix added to the filename if no other suffix was specified.

This property specifies a string that will be added to the filename if it has no suffix already. The suffix is typically used to indicate the file type (e.g. “txt” indicates a text file).

If the first character is a dot (‘.’), it is removed.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setDirectory(directory)¶

Parameters: directory – str

Sets the file dialog’s current directory.

Note

On iOS, if you set directory to PicturesLocation).last() , a native image picker dialog will be used for accessing the user’s photo album. The filename returned can be loaded using QFile and related APIs. For this to be enabled, the Info.plist assigned to QMAKE_INFO_PLIST in the project file must contain the key NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription. See Info.plist documentation from Apple for more information regarding this key. This feature was added in Qt 5.5.

See also

directory()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setDirectory(directory)

Parameters: directory – PySide6.QtCore.QDir

This is an overloaded function.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setDirectoryUrl(directory)¶

Parameters: directory – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Sets the file dialog’s current directory url.

Note

The non-native QFileDialog supports only local files.

Note

On Windows, it is possible to pass URLs representing one of the virtual folders, such as “Computer” or “Network”. This is done by passing a QUrl using the scheme clsid followed by the CLSID value with the curly braces removed. For example the URL clsid:374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B denotes the download location. For a complete list of possible values, see the MSDN documentation on KNOWNFOLDERID . This feature was added in Qt 5.5.

See also

directoryUrl() QUuid

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setFileMode(mode)¶

Parameters: mode – FileMode

This property holds the file mode of the dialog.

The file mode defines the number and type of items that the user is expected to select in the dialog.

By default, this property is set to AnyFile .

This function will set the labels for the FileName and Accept DialogLabel s. It is possible to set custom text after the call to .

See also

FileMode

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setFilter(filters)¶

Parameters: filters – Filters

Sets the filter used by the model to filters. The filter is used to specify the kind of files that should be shown.

See also

filter()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setHistory(paths)¶

Parameters: paths – list of strings

Sets the browsing history of the filedialog to contain the given paths.

See also

history()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setIconProvider(provider)¶

Parameters: provider – PySide6.QtGui.QAbstractFileIconProvider

Sets the icon provider used by the filedialog to the specified provider.

See also

iconProvider()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setItemDelegate(delegate)¶

Parameters: delegate – PySide6.QtWidgets.QAbstractItemDelegate

Sets the item delegate used to render items in the views in the file dialog to the given delegate.

Any existing delegate will be removed, but not deleted. QFileDialog does not take ownership of delegate.

Warning

You should not share the same instance of a delegate between views. Doing so can cause incorrect or unintuitive editing behavior since each view connected to a given delegate may receive the closeEditor() signal, and attempt to access, modify or close an editor that has already been closed.

Note that the model used is QFileSystemModel . It has custom item data roles, which is described by the Roles enum. You can use a QFileIconProvider if you only want custom icons.

See also

itemDelegate() setIconProvider() QFileSystemModel

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setLabelText(label, text)¶

Parameters

label – DialogLabel
text – str

Sets the text shown in the filedialog in the specified label.

See also

labelText()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setMimeTypeFilters(filters)¶

Parameters: filters – list of strings

Sets the filters used in the file dialog, from a list of MIME types.

Convenience method for setNameFilters() . Uses QMimeType to create a name filter from the glob patterns and description defined in each MIME type.

Use application/octet-stream for the “All files (*)” filter, since that is the base MIME type for all files.

Calling overrides any previously set name filters, and changes the return value of nameFilters() .

def mimeTypeFilters({"image/jpeg",*.jpe):
                             "image/png", // will show "PNG image (*.png)"
                             "application/octet-stream" // will show "All files (*)"
                            })
dialog = QFileDialog(self)
dialog.setMimeTypeFilters(mimeTypeFilters)
dialog.exec()

See also

mimeTypeFilters()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setNameFilter(filter)¶

Parameters: filter – str

Sets the filter used in the file dialog to the given filter.

If filter contains a pair of parentheses containing one or more filename-wildcard patterns, separated by spaces, then only the text contained in the parentheses is used as the filter. This means that these calls are all equivalent:

dialog.setNameFilter("All C++ files (*.cpp *.cc *.C *.cxx *.c++)")
dialog.setNameFilter("*.cpp *.cc *.C *.cxx *.c++")

Note

With Android’s native file dialog, the mime type matching the given name filter is used because only mime types are supported.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setNameFilters(filters)¶

Parameters: filters – list of strings

Sets the filters used in the file dialog.

Note that the filter *.* is not portable, because the historical assumption that the file extension determines the file type is not consistent on every operating system. It is possible to have a file with no dot in its name (for example, Makefile). In a native Windows file dialog, *.* will match such files, while in other types of file dialogs it may not. So it is better to use * if you mean to select any file.

QStringList filters({"Image files (*.png *.xpm *.jpg)",
                           "Text files (*.txt)",
                           "Any files (*)"
                          })
dialog = QFileDialog(self)
dialog.setNameFilters(filters)
dialog.exec()

setMimeTypeFilters() has the advantage of providing all possible name filters for each file type. For example, JPEG images have three possible extensions; if your application can open such files, selecting the image/jpeg mime type as a filter will allow you to open all of them.

See also

nameFilters()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setOption(option[, on=true])¶

Parameters

option – Option
on – bool

Sets the given option to be enabled if on is true; otherwise, clears the given option.

Options (particularly the DontUseNativeDialogs option) should be set before changing dialog properties or showing the dialog.

Setting options while the dialog is visible is not guaranteed to have an immediate effect on the dialog (depending on the option and on the platform).

Setting options after changing other properties may cause these values to have no effect.

See also

options testOption()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setOptions(options)¶

Parameters: options – Options

See also

options()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setProxyModel(model)¶

Parameters: model – PySide6.QtCore.QAbstractProxyModel

Sets the model for the views to the given proxyModel. This is useful if you want to modify the underlying model; for example, to add columns, filter data or add drives.

Any existing proxy model will be removed, but not deleted. The file dialog will take ownership of the proxyModel.

See also

proxyModel()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setSidebarUrls(urls)¶

Parameters: urls –

Sets the urls that are located in the sidebar.

For instance:

urls = QList()
    urls << QUrl.fromLocalFile("/Users/foo/Code/qt5")
         << QUrl.fromLocalFile(QStandardPaths.standardLocations(QStandardPaths.MusicLocation).first())
    dialog = QFileDialog()
    dialog.setSidebarUrls(urls)
    dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog.AnyFile)
    if (dialog.exec()) {
        # ...

The file dialog will then look like this:

See also

sidebarUrls()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setSupportedSchemes(schemes)¶

Parameters: schemes – list of strings

This property holds the URL schemes that the file dialog should allow navigating to..

Setting this property allows to restrict the type of URLs the user will be able to select. It is a way for the application to declare the protocols it will support to fetch the file content. An empty list means that no restriction is applied (the default). Supported for local files (“file” scheme) is implicit and always enabled; it is not necessary to include it in the restriction.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.setViewMode(mode)¶

Parameters: mode – ViewMode

This property holds the way files and directories are displayed in the dialog.

By default, the Detail mode is used to display information about files and directories.

See also

ViewMode

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.sidebarUrls()¶

Return type

Returns a list of urls that are currently in the sidebar

See also

setSidebarUrls()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.supportedSchemes()¶

Return type: list of strings

This property holds the URL schemes that the file dialog should allow navigating to..

Setting this property allows to restrict the type of URLs the user will be able to select. It is a way for the application to declare the protocols it will support to fetch the file content. An empty list means that no restriction is applied (the default). Supported for local files (“file” scheme) is implicit and always enabled; it is not necessary to include it in the restriction.

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.testOption(option)¶

Parameters: option – Option
Return type: bool

Returns true if the given option is enabled; otherwise, returns false.

See also

options setOption()

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.urlSelected(url)¶

Parameters: url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.urlsSelected(urls)¶

Parameters: urls –

PySide6.QtWidgets.QFileDialog.viewMode()¶

Return type: ViewMode

This property holds the way files and directories are displayed in the dialog.

By default, the Detail mode is used to display information about files and directories.

See also

ViewMode

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Synopsis¶

Functions¶

Signals¶

Static functions¶

Detailed Description¶

Constant	Description
QFileDialog.Detail	Displays an icon, a name, and details for each item in the directory.
QFileDialog.List	Displays only an icon and a name for each item in the directory.

Constant	Description
QFileDialog.AnyFile	The name of a file, whether it exists or not.
QFileDialog.ExistingFile	The name of a single existing file.
QFileDialog.Directory	The name of a directory. Both files and directories are displayed. However, the native Windows file dialog does not support displaying files in the directory chooser.
QFileDialog.ExistingFiles	The names of zero or more existing files.