Get text from FileDialog Python\Qt

Question

I'm pretty new with Qt in Python, and I need to know how could I get from a file dialog one directory path and show it in a text box inside my ui.

class ControllerLibraryUI(QtWidgets.QDialog):
    def __init__(self):
        super(ControllerLibraryUI, self).__init__()
        self.setWindowTitle('Controller Window')
        self.buildUI()

    def buildUI(self):
        layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
        textWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
        textLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(textWidget)
        layout.addWidget(textWidget)
        self.saveNameField = QtWidgets.QTextEdit()
        textLayout.addWidget(self.saveNameField)
        btnWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
        btnLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(btnWidget)
        layout.addWidget(btnWidget)
        importBtn = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Import')
        importBtn.clicked.connect(self.load)
        btnLayout.addWidget(importBtn)
        closeBtn = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Close')
        closeBtn.clicked.connect(self.close)
        btnLayout.addWidget(closeBtn)

    def load(self ):
            filename = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName()[0]
            print filename
    def showUI():
        try:
            ui.close()
        except:
            ui = ControllerLibraryUI()
            ui.show()
            return ui

ui = showUI()

This is the basic concept.

Possible duplicate of [how to have a directory dialog in Pyqt](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4286036/how-to-have-a-directory-dialog-in-pyqt) — eyllanesc, Jun 15 '18 at 07:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 15 '18 at 12:23

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for the file dialog :

directory = QtGui.QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(self, 'Select directory')

and then you assign the directory variable to the setText method from your text box

edited Jun 15 '18 at 12:23

eyllanesc

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answered Jun 15 '18 at 09:50

DrWeeny

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I was using the QtWidget.QFileDialog, is it different? – TonyHeadband Jun 15 '18 at 09:53
Or this one str(QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory() – TonyHeadband Jun 15 '18 at 09:54
it is the same it is just a difference between pyqt5/pyqt4 – DrWeeny Jun 15 '18 at 09:55
also the same for qfiledialog, you didn't provide any code so I've put something with standard arguments. If you are not using class, you can get rid off the self – DrWeeny Jun 15 '18 at 10:00
I add the code, the basic idea, sorry for the format but from the phone it's impossible to do better. I add difficult to show the text in the textbox e resize the textbox to a line instead of a big square – TonyHeadband Jun 15 '18 at 10:48

Get text from FileDialog Python\Qt

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