QFileOpenEvent

The QFileOpenEvent class provides an event that will be sent when there is a request to open a file or a URL. More…

Synopsis

Functions

• def file ()

• def openFile (file, flags)

• def url ()

Detailed Description

File open events will be sent to the instance() when the operating system requests that a file or URL should be opened. This is a high-level event that can be caused by different user actions depending on the user’s desktop environment; for example, double clicking on an file icon in the Finder on macOS.

This event is only used to notify the application of a request. It may be safely ignored.

Note

This class is currently supported for macOS only.

macOS Example

In order to trigger the event on macOS, the application must be configured to let the OS know what kind of file(s) it should react on.

For example, the following Info.plist file declares that the application can act as a viewer for files with a PNG extension:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
            <array>
                <string>png</string>
            </array>
            <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
            <string>Viewer</string>
        </dict>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

The following implementation of a QApplication subclass prints the path to the file that was, for example, dropped on the Dock icon of the application.

#include <QApplication>
#include <QFileOpenEvent>
#include <QtDebug>

class MyApplication : public QApplication
{
public:
    MyApplication(int &argc, char **argv)
        : QApplication(argc, argv)
    {
    }

    bool event(QEvent *event) override
    {
        if (event->type() == QEvent::FileOpen) {
            QFileOpenEvent *openEvent = static_cast<QFileOpenEvent *>(event);
            qDebug() << "Open file" << openEvent->file();
        }

        return QApplication::event(event);
    }
};

class PySide2.QtGui.QFileOpenEvent(file)

PySide2.QtGui.QFileOpenEvent(url)

param url:

PySide2.QtCore.QUrl

param file:

str

Constructs a file open event for the given file .

Constructs a file open event for the given file .

PySide2.QtGui.QFileOpenEvent.file()

Return type:

str

Returns the file that is being opened.

PySide2.QtGui.QFileOpenEvent.openFile(file, flags)

Parameters:

• file – PySide2.QtCore.QFile

• flags – OpenMode

Return type:

bool

Opens a QFile on the file referenced by this event in the mode specified by flags . Returns true if successful; otherwise returns false .

This is necessary as some files cannot be opened by name, but require specific information stored in this event.

PySide2.QtGui.QFileOpenEvent.url()

Return type:

PySide2.QtCore.QUrl

Returns the url that is being opened.