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KDE's file dialogs are implemented in the kfile library, which also
contains other widgets.

== File Dialog ==

The classes related to the file dialog are really a file dialog construction
set, i.e. the API not only contain the class
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKFileDialog.html KFileDialog]
with its conveniently usable functions to obtain file names for saving or
opening, but it also offers the various single widgets that constitute the
dialog for separate use.

[[Image:k3filedialog-widgets.png|thumb|center|500px|KFileDialog widgets]]

=== KDirOperator ===

The main view of the file dialog is a
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKDirOperator.html KDirOperator].
It is a general browser for files and directories. How these lists and
trees are actually represented is configurable by the user. All widgets
possible for this are derived from the class KFileView. These are the
following:

*[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKFileIconView.html KFileIconView]: Corresponds to selecting "Short view" and "Single view" from the View submenu.
*[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKFileDetailView.html KFileDetailView]: Corresponds to selecting "Detailed view" and "Single view" from the View submenu.
*[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKCombiView.html KCombiView]: Corresponds to selecting "Separate directories" from the View submenu. This is a splitter widget which displays a KFileIconView (see above) on the left side and either a KFileIconView (if "Short view" is selected) or a KFileDetailView (if "Detailed view" is selected) on the right side.
*[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKFilePreview.html KFilePreview]: Corresponds to selecting "Preview" from the View submenu. This is also a splitter, which shows a KFileIconView (if "Short view" is selected) or a KFileDetailView (if "Detailed view" is selected) on the left side and a widget derived from KPreviewWidgetBase on the right side. By default, the widget on the right side is a KImagePreviewWidget, but this can be changed. This should be very rarely necessary, because the KImagePreviewWidget uses a mechanism for obtaining preview images (also known as ''thumbnails'') which can be extended by installing additional ThumbCreator services. In this way, the same preview images can also be used by Konqueror's icon view.

=== KURLComboBox ===

This is a combo box for selecting from a number of files and directories.
It runs in one of three modes. The KURLComboBox at the top of the file
dialog is in "Directories" mode, the one at the bottom in "Files" mode.
Items in the popup menu are shown as URLs together with their MIME type
icon. Additionally, one can add a number of ''default items'' which
are shown as clear text. For example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp-qt">
KURL u(QDir::homeDirPath());
QString text = i18n("Home Directory");
QPixmap pixmap = KMimeType::pixmapForURL(u, 0, KIcon::Small);
combobox->addDefaultURL(u, pixmap, text);
</syntaxhighlight>

=== KFileFilter ===

This is a combo box for selecting from a number of file filters
or MIME types. There are two ways to populate it with items:

First, you can give a linebreak-separated list of strings
of the following form:

<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp-qt">
combo->setFilter("*.cpp|Implementation files\n*.h|Header files");
</syntaxhighlight>

This displays the clear text strings in the popup in order to select the
according patterns. The other method is to give a list of MIME types:

<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp-qt">
QStringList mimeTypes;
mimeTypes << "image/png";
mimeTypes << "text/html";
combo->setMimeFilter(mimeTypes);
</syntaxhighlight>

== Other widgets ==

Apart from the widgets used in the file dialog, there is a number of related
classes (partially contained in the ksycoca library):

=== KURLCompletion ===

This is a subclass of
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKCompletion.html KCompletion]
and specifically designed to provide automatic completions for URLs.
It can operate in one of two modes: <tt>ExeCompletion</tt> completes names
of executables by searching them in $PATH (if they are not given as
absolute file names). <tt>FileCompletion</tt> completes generic URLs.
This works even for remote addresses.

Completion support can easily be added to line edits (derived from
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKLineEdit.html KLineEdit])
or combo boxes (derived from
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKComboBox.html KComboBox]):

<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp-qt">
KCompletion *completion =
new KURLCompletion(KURLCompletion::ExeCompletion);
lineEdit->setCompletionObject(completion);
lineEdit->setAutoDeleteCompletionObject(true);
</syntaxhighlight>

=== KURLPixmapProvider ===

This is a subclass of
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKPixmapProvider.html KPixmapProvider]
which resolves pixmaps for URLs.

Support for URL icons in combo boxes (derived from
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/classKComboBox.html KComboBox])
can be easily added:

<syntaxhighlight lang="cpp-qt">
KPixmapProver *pixmapProvider = new KURLPixmapProvider();
comboBox->setPixmapProvider(pixmapProvider);
</syntaxhighlight>

=== KURLRequester ===

This is a lineedit combined with a button that invokes a file dialog.
It uses the KURLCompletion class described above.

=== KURLRequesterDlg ===

A simple dialog for letting the user input a file name or URL. It is
a very thin wrapper around the KURLRequester widget. For example, this
is used when you choose "Location->Open Location" in Konqueror.

=== KOpenWithDlg ===

The dialog shown by Konqueror when you click on a file with unknown
MIME type.

=== KPropertiesDialog ===

The properties dialog you get when you choose the "Properties" item from
Konqueror's context menu or the context menu in the file dialog. The
dialog can be extended with more tabs by inserting additional
[http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kio/kfile/html/classKPropsDlgPlugin.html KPropsDlgPlugin])
widgets.

=== KIconDialog ===

A dialog for selecting icons.

Furthermore, a number of additional IO jobs:

=== KDirSize ===

This computes the sum of the file sizes in a directory.

=== KDiskFreeSp ===

A class for finding out the free disk space on a disk.

=== KIO::PreviewJob ===

A job for creating thumbnails for a set of files.

''Initial Author:'' [mailto:bernd@kdevelop.org Bernd Gehrmann]

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File dialog - Revision history

Blu256: Blu256 moved page File dialog (KDE3 Architecture) to File dialog: Simpler name

Blu256: -Applicable to TDE (redundant), categories to bottom

Blu256: Updated (API doc links, classes)

imported>Eliddell: Created page with "KDE's file dialogs are implemented in the kfile library, which also contains other widgets. == File Dialog == The classes related to the file dialog are really a file dialog..."