How Can I Open A Folder And Have File Selected In Qt?

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I have a filePath m_curProjFile.

I want to open the folder containing the file and have the file selected.
(in windows explore).

By Now I used:

C++

QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(QString("file:///")+  QFileInfo(m_curProjFile).absolutePath()));

Only can open the folder but I still have to find the file by eyes from the long list!

any hint?

thanks in advance!

Posted 8-Dec-14 18:48pm

jiazhiqiang

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Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-09T00:51:00

See this Qt forum thread: http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/18643[^].

Use the system or QProcess::execute command passing a string to start the Windows Explorer with the /select parameter (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152457/en-us[^]).

But this solution is platform dependant. Depending on your requirements you might also use the QFileDialog class to show a file open dialog.