setViewMode issue of QFileDialog

[nikhilqt]

QFileDialog l_pFiledDlg;
QString sFilename1;
l_pFiledDlg.setViewMode(QFileDialog::Detail);
sFilename1 =  l_pFiledDlg.getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Files"), sPath, tr("All Files (*.*)"));

QFileDialog l_pFiledDlg;
QString sFilename1;
l_pFiledDlg.setViewMode(QFileDialog::Detail);
sFilename1 =  l_pFiledDlg.getOpenFileName(this,tr("Open Files"), sPath, tr("All Files (*.*)"));

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Using the above code the filedialog which opens is showing "list" as its view mode. It is not changing to "detail" view by default.

I think everything seems correct, but I do not know why it is not working?

[Coises]

QFileDialog::getOpenFileName is a static function. As such, it’s not using the l_pFiledDlg instance you created, so the QFileDialog::setViewMode has no effect. I think this:

QFileDialog l_pFiledDlg(this, tr("Open Files"), sPath, tr("All Files (*.*)"));
QString sFilename1;
l_pFiledDlg.setViewMode(QFileDialog::Detail);
if (l_pFiledDlg.exec()) sFilename1 = l_pFiledDlg.selectedFiles()[0];

QFileDialog l_pFiledDlg(this, tr("Open Files"), sPath, tr("All Files (*.*)"));
QString sFilename1;
l_pFiledDlg.setViewMode(QFileDialog::Detail);
if (l_pFiledDlg.exec()) sFilename1 = l_pFiledDlg.selectedFiles()[0];

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should be close to what you want (though I haven’t tested it, so typos or outright errors would not be surprising).

[nikhilqt]

Thanks man! It worked. But the file dialog displayed has a different view unlike the static method of getOpenfilename(...).