Environment
MacOS
Python 3.6
PyQt5
Code for the UI
Following code prepares UI components:
- a button to open a system dialog for selecting a file
- a label to display the absolute path of the file
def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
......
self.lblPath = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.centralwidget)
self.lblPath.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(350, 280, 200, 16))
self.lblPath.setObjectName("lblPath")
self.btnSelectLibrary = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.centralwidget)
self.btnSelectLibrary.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(320, 320, 131, 32))
self.btnSelectLibrary.setObjectName("btnSelectLibrary")
......
Code for the button event
def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
......
self.btnSelectLibrary.clicked.connect(self.selectLibraryPath)
......
Code for the dialog
def selectLibraryPath(self):
print("yes")
dir, _ = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(None, "Select the library", "/Users/", "*.photoslibrary")
print(dir)
if dir:
self.lblPath.setText(dir)
Method getOpenFilename returns an array as following
(path, filter)
e.g,
('/Volumes/Mac Photos/MacPhotos.libraries/Photos.photoslibrary', '*.photoslibrary')
The first item of the array is what we expected.
