Bug report #12511
Allow selecting either a directory or a file in the processing settings
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: |  Victor Olaya | ||
| Category: | Processing/Core | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 2.8.1 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Easy fix?: | No | |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 20657 |
Description
Custom processing providers would benefit from being able to explicitly choose between a QFileDialog that allows picking a directory or a file. The current implementation seems very counter-intuitive. Please check the method:
processing.gui.ConfigDialog.SettingDelegate:createEditor()
Basically, if the previously selected path is a file, Processing presents the user with a dialog for selecting a file. Otherwise, it produces a dialog for selecting a directory. So if the user never manually types some valid file path in the line edit, (s)he will never be presented with a file selection dialog.
There seems to be some intent in supporting a more explicit behavior in:
processing.core.ProcessingConfig.Setting
Instances of the Setting class actually have a valuetype attribute. Presumably this would take a value of either Setting.FILE or Setting.FOLDER and the SettingDelegate.createEditor() method would use it to create the appropriate dialog.
Associated revisions
[processing] fixed handling of folders and files in settings
fixes #12511
History
#1
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 9 years ago
- Target version changed from Version 2.8.2 to Version 2.10
#2
Updated by Victor Olaya over 9 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Fixed in changeset b80a1bcac5659417c6fb05f47249fa0992410469.