[PyQt] Bug in QFileDialog

[Hans-Peter Jansen]

On Wednesday 08 December 2010, 22:42:45 Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 December 2010, 20:24:16 Vicent Mas wrote:
> > On 2010-12-08 "Hans-Peter Jansen" <hpj at urpla.net> said:
> > > On Friday 03 December 2010, 11:12:42 Vicent Mas wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > the attached script shows a bug in QFileDialog. If on a given
> > > > dialog you call setLabelText(QFileDialog.Accept, text) and then
> > > > you call setFileMode(FileMode) then the label is not set and
> > > > the default label is used. If you call setFileMode(FileMode)
> > > > first and then you call setLabelText(QFileDialog.Accept, text)
> > > > then the label is set.
> > > >
> > > > As you can see in the script the problem only happens with the
> > > > QFileDialog.Accept constant. Other QFileDialog.DialogLabel
> > > > constants work fine.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know if it is a Qt bug or a PyQt one. Neither I know if
> > > > the problem is in the setLabelText method or in th setFileMode
> > > > one.
> > >
> > > Confirmed with:
> > > python: 2.6
> > > sip: 4.12-snapshot-b202f0d04ba6
> > > qt4: 4.7.1
> > > pyqt4: snapshot-4.8.2-e73d5045bea5
> > >
> > > This script is simple enough to do a C++ version, as I doubt that
> > > this is a PyQt issue. Then, you need that version anyway to
> > > report this to Nokia. ;-)
> > >
> > > Pete
> >
> > Thanks for your answer Pete.
> >
> > I've never written in C++. I suppose this is a good time for
> > starting
> >
> > :D
>
> It's awful, when you're used to python, but it's doable.
>
> Luckyly Antonio posted a link with exactly what you need as a
> starting base.. Call back, if you're stuck.

Vicent, bad luck: check the fileMode paragraph a couple of lines below:

http://doc.trolltech.com/latest/qfiledialog.html#FileMode-enum

This function will set the labels for the FileName and Accept 
DialogLabels. It is possible to set custom text after the call to 
setFileMode().

Pete