How do show in a QFileDialog all files except the executable files?

The only way I can think of is to make a list, but this way I have to anticipate all possible types of files, that is not possible.

Code:

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QFileDialog dialog(this);
dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::ExistingFile);
dialog.setNameFilter(tr("All files except .exe (*.png *.xpm *.jpg *.pdf *.gif ............infinite extensions..........)"));

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Anyone has a better idea?
Thank you very much.

Just use QDialog::setFilter not QDialog::setNameFilter

Sorry, I tried as you say, but does not work.

Code:

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#include <QApplication>
#include <QFileDialog>
 
int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
 
  QApplication app( argc, argv );
  QFileDialog dialog(0);
  dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::ExistingFile);
  dialog.setFilter(QDir::Files);  //<--------------------------All files except executable files.???
  dialog.exec();
  return 0;
}

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dialog.setFilter(QDir::Files); //<--------------------------All files except executable files.???

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Very interesting problem. There is a QDir::Readable, a QDir::Writable, and a QDir::Executable. All three must be combined with QDir::Files. If QDir::Files shows all files, why add one of the three? To show all files + readable, writable, and executable files? Would only make sense if QDir::Files alone shows nothing. Or QDir::Files shows all, but the writable, readable, executable flags actually subtract files with those permissions. Looks like a minor documentation bug to me.
Try: dialog.setFilter(QDir::Files|QDir::Readable|QDir:: Writable);
or: dialog.setFilter(QDir::Files|QDir::executable);
Just as an experiment. What is the result?

I tried
dialog.setFilter (QDir:: Files | QDir:: Readable | QDir:: Writable);
and so I see all the files except "exe" but I do not see the folders.
Same problem for these two cases:
dialog.setFilter (QDir:: Dirs | QDir:: Files | QDir:: Readable | QDir:: Writable) and
dialog.setFilter (QDir:: Dirs | QDir:: Files | QDir:: Readable | QDir:: Writable | QDir:: Modified);

Instead
dialog.setFilter (QDir:: Files | QDir:: Executable);
I only see the files. "exe" without all the other folders and files.

So,

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dialog.setFilter (QDir:: Files | QDir:: Readable | QDir:: Writable);

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goes into the right direction.

I don't know the solution, but I would now try:
dialog.setFilter (QDir::AllDirs| QDir:: Readable | QDir:: Writable)

thanks for your help, but unfortunately it does not work that way. :-(

Looks like a Qt bug to me. According to the assistant:
QDir::AllDirs 0x400 List all directories; i.e. don't apply the filters to directory names.
But the executables are filtered. And of course, folders are executable, else it would be impossible to enter them.
At least under Linux.

Amazing we found a bug in qt ..... and now how do I solve the problem? what do you do in these situations?

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Originally Posted by bhodi78

Amazing we found a bug in qt ..... and now how do I solve the problem? what do you do in these situations?

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If it is really a bug... let's wait for the answer from the Trolls. We simply might have overlooked something. I filed a bug report. ;)