1) On Windows directories can have custom icons. Not 100% sure about other platforms.
2) Directories have at least "last modification" timestamp which is needed for the detailed view mode. What approach is better -- get all information at once or quickly get names, deferring timestamp retrieval until the user switches to the detailed view -- is questionable though. On Jun 17, 2013 7:46 PM, "Duane" <duane.heb...@group-upc.com> wrote: > On 6/17/2013 10:09 AM, william.croc...@analog.com wrote: > > On 06/17/2013 09:57 AM, Duane wrote: > >> On 6/14/2013 5:06 PM, Till Oliver Knoll wrote: > >>> Am 14.06.2013 um 23:02 schrieb Till Oliver Knoll< > till.oliver.kn...@gmail.com>: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> That said, the Qt "cross-platform file dialog" is (was?) terribly > slow with network mapped drives > >>> > > > > That's the price we pay for viewing the entire contents of a directory > > in these "convenient" dialog windows when all you really want to do is > > just type the file name, "X". I'll keep my Unix command line, thanks. > > > > :-) > > > Not having much luck getting my Windows customers to learn unix command > line. <g> > > From my POV, I don't see why I need to stat all of the files or > directories to display them. If the user selects a subdirectory of one > of the files, maybe that's the time to stat it. I guess it has to do > with the way it's displayed (icon, size etc.) for files but for > directories, I don't get it. > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest >
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