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# QFileSystemModel Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QFileSystemModel class provides a data model for the local filesystem. More...

Inherits QAbstractItemModel.

### Types

- enum Roles { FileIconRole, FilePathRole, FileNameRole, FilePermissions }

### Methods

- __init__ (self, QObject parent = None)
- bool canFetchMore (self, QModelIndex)
- int columnCount (self, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())
- QVariant data (self, QModelIndex, int role = Qt.DisplayRole)
- bool dropMimeData (self, QMimeData, Qt.DropAction, int, int, QModelIndex)
- bool event (self, QEvent)
- fetchMore (self, QModelIndex)
- QIcon fileIcon (self, QModelIndex)
- QFileInfo fileInfo (self, QModelIndex)
- QString fileName (self, QModelIndex)
- QString filePath (self, QModelIndex)
- QDir.Filters filter (self)
- Qt.ItemFlags flags (self, QModelIndex)
- bool hasChildren (self, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())
- QVariant headerData (self, int, Qt.Orientation, int role = Qt.DisplayRole)
- QFileIconProvider iconProvider (self)
- QModelIndex index (self, int, int, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())
- QModelIndex index (self, QString, int column = 0)
- bool isDir (self, QModelIndex)
- bool isReadOnly (self)
- QDateTime lastModified (self, QModelIndex)
- QMimeData mimeData (self, list-of-QModelIndex)
- QStringList mimeTypes (self)
- QModelIndex mkdir (self, QModelIndex, QString)
- QVariant myComputer (self, int role = Qt.DisplayRole)
- bool nameFilterDisables (self)
- QStringList nameFilters (self)
- QModelIndex parent (self, QModelIndex)
- QFile.Permissions permissions (self, QModelIndex)
- bool remove (self, QModelIndex)
- bool resolveSymlinks (self)
- bool rmdir (self, QModelIndex)
- QDir rootDirectory (self)
- QString rootPath (self)
- int rowCount (self, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())
- bool setData (self, QModelIndex, QVariant, int role = Qt.EditRole)
- setFilter (self, QDir.Filters)
- setIconProvider (self, QFileIconProvider)
- setNameFilterDisables (self, bool)
- setNameFilters (self, QStringList)
- setReadOnly (self, bool)
- setResolveSymlinks (self, bool)
- QModelIndex setRootPath (self, QString)
- int size (self, QModelIndex)
- sort (self, int, Qt.SortOrder order = Qt.AscendingOrder)
- Qt.DropActions supportedDropActions (self)
- timerEvent (self, QTimerEvent)
- QString type (self, QModelIndex)

### Qt Signals

- void fileRenamed (const QString&,const QString&,const QString&)
- void rootPathChanged (const QString&)

## Detailed Description

The QFileSystemModel class provides a data model for the local filesystem.

This class provides access to the local filesystem, providing functions for renaming and removing files and directories, and for creating new directories. In the simplest case, it can be used with a suitable display widget as part of a browser or filter.

QFileSystemModel will not fetch any files or directories until setRootPath is called. This will prevent any unnecessary querying on the file system until that point such as listing the drives on Windows.

Unlike the QDirModel, QFileSystemModel uses a separate thread to populate itself so it will not cause the main thread to hang as the file system is being queried. Calls to rowCount() will return 0 until the model populates a directory.

QFileSystemModel keeps a cache with file information. The cache is automatically kept up to date using the QFileSystemWatcher.

QFileSystemModel can be accessed using the standard interface provided by QAbstractItemModel, but it also provides some convenience functions that are specific to a directory model. The fileInfo(), isDir(), name(), and path() functions provide information about the underlying files and directories related to items in the model. Directories can be created and removed using mkdir(), rmdir().

Note: QFileSystemModel requires an instance of a GUI application.

See also Model Classes.

## Type Documentation

### QFileSystemModel.Roles

Constant | Value
--- | ---
`QFileSystemModel.FileIconRole` | `Qt.DecorationRole`
`QFileSystemModel.FilePathRole` | `Qt.UserRole + 1`
`QFileSystemModel.FileNameRole` | `Qt.UserRole + 2`
`QFileSystemModel.FilePermissions` | `Qt.UserRole + 3`

## Method Documentation

### QFileSystemModel.__init__ (self, QObject parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs a file system model with the given parent.

### bool QFileSystemModel.canFetchMore (self, QModelIndex)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.canFetchMore().

### int QFileSystemModel.columnCount (self, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.columnCount().

### QVariant QFileSystemModel.data (self, QModelIndex, int role = Qt.DisplayRole)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.data().

See also setData().

### bool QFileSystemModel.dropMimeData (self, QMimeData, Qt.DropAction, int, int, QModelIndex)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.dropMimeData().

Handles the data supplied by a drag and drop operation that ended with the given action over the row in the model specified by the row and column and by the parent index.

See also supportedDropActions().

### bool QFileSystemModel.event (self, QEvent)

Reimplemented from QObject.event().

### QFileSystemModel.fetchMore (self, QModelIndex)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.fetchMore().

### QIcon QFileSystemModel.fileIcon (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the icon for the item stored in the model under the given index.

### QFileInfo QFileSystemModel.fileInfo (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the QFileInfo for the item stored in the model under the given index.

### QString QFileSystemModel.fileName (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the file name for the item stored in the model under the given index.

### QString QFileSystemModel.filePath (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the path of the item stored in the model under the index given.

### QDir.Filters QFileSystemModel.filter (self)

Returns the filter specified for the directory model.

If a filter has not been set, the default filter is QDir.AllEntries | QDir.NoDotAndDotDot | QDir.AllDirs.

See also setFilter() and QDir.Filters.

### Qt.ItemFlags QFileSystemModel.flags (self, QModelIndex)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.flags().

### bool QFileSystemModel.hasChildren (self, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.hasChildren().

### QVariant QFileSystemModel.headerData (self, int, Qt.Orientation, int role = Qt.DisplayRole)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.headerData().

### QFileIconProvider QFileSystemModel.iconProvider (self)

Returns the file icon provider for this directory model.

See also setIconProvider().

### QModelIndex QFileSystemModel.index (self, int, int, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.index().

### QModelIndex QFileSystemModel.index (self, QString, int column = 0)

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the model item index for the given path and column.

### bool QFileSystemModel.isDir (self, QModelIndex)

Returns true if the model item index represents a directory; otherwise returns false.

### bool QFileSystemModel.isReadOnly (self)

### QDateTime QFileSystemModel.lastModified (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the date and time when index was last modified.

### QMimeData QFileSystemModel.mimeData (self, list-of-QModelIndex)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.mimeData().

Returns an object that contains a serialized description of the specified indexes. The format used to describe the items corresponding to the indexes is obtained from the mimeTypes() function.

If the list of indexes is empty, 0 is returned rather than a serialized empty list.

### QStringList QFileSystemModel.mimeTypes (self)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.mimeTypes().

Returns a list of MIME types that can be used to describe a list of items in the model.

### QModelIndex QFileSystemModel.mkdir (self, QModelIndex, QString)

Create a directory with the name in the parent model index.

### QVariant QFileSystemModel.myComputer (self, int role = Qt.DisplayRole)

Returns the data stored under the given role for the item "My Computer".

See also Qt.ItemDataRole.

### bool QFileSystemModel.nameFilterDisables (self)

### QStringList QFileSystemModel.nameFilters (self)

Returns a list of filters applied to the names in the model.

See also setNameFilters().

### QModelIndex QFileSystemModel.parent (self, QModelIndex)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.parent().

### QFile.Permissions QFileSystemModel.permissions (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the complete OR-ed together combination of QFile.Permission for the index.

### bool QFileSystemModel.remove (self, QModelIndex)

Removes the model item index from the file system model and deletes the corresponding file from the file system, returning true if successful. If the item cannot be removed, false is returned.

Warning: This function deletes files from the file system; it does not move them to a location where they can be recovered.

See also rmdir().

### bool QFileSystemModel.resolveSymlinks (self)

### bool QFileSystemModel.rmdir (self, QModelIndex)

Removes the directory corresponding to the model item index in the file system model and deletes the corresponding directory from the file system, returning true if successful. If the directory cannot be removed, false is returned.

Warning: This function deletes directories from the file system; it does not move them to a location where they can be recovered.

See also remove().

### QDir QFileSystemModel.rootDirectory (self)

The currently set directory

See also rootPath().

### QString QFileSystemModel.rootPath (self)

The currently set root path

See also setRootPath() and rootDirectory().

### int QFileSystemModel.rowCount (self, QModelIndex parent = QModelIndex())

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.rowCount().

### bool QFileSystemModel.setData (self, QModelIndex, QVariant, int role = Qt.EditRole)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.setData().

See also data().

### QFileSystemModel.setFilter (self, QDir.Filters)

Sets the directory model's filter to that specified by filters.

Note that the filter you set should always include the QDir.AllDirs enum value, otherwise QFileSystemModel won't be able to read the directory structure.

See also filter() and QDir.Filters.

### QFileSystemModel.setIconProvider (self, QFileIconProvider)

Sets the provider of file icons for the directory model.

See also iconProvider().

### QFileSystemModel.setNameFilterDisables (self, bool)

### QFileSystemModel.setNameFilters (self, QStringList)

Sets the name filters to apply against the existing files.

See also nameFilters().

### QFileSystemModel.setReadOnly (self, bool)

### QFileSystemModel.setResolveSymlinks (self, bool)

### QModelIndex QFileSystemModel.setRootPath (self, QString)

Sets the directory that is being watched by the model to newPath by installing a file system watcher on it. Any changes to files and directories within this directory will be reflected in the model.

If the path is changed, the rootPathChanged() signal will be emitted.

Note: This function does not change the structure of the model or modify the data available to views. In other words, the "root" of the model is not changed to include only files and directories within the directory specified by newPath in the file system.

See also rootPath().

### int QFileSystemModel.size (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the size in bytes of index. If the file does not exist, 0 is returned.

### QFileSystemModel.sort (self, int, Qt.SortOrder order = Qt.AscendingOrder)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.sort().

### Qt.DropActions QFileSystemModel.supportedDropActions (self)

Reimplemented from QAbstractItemModel.supportedDropActions().

### QFileSystemModel.timerEvent (self, QTimerEvent)

Reimplemented from QObject.timerEvent().

### QString QFileSystemModel.type (self, QModelIndex)

Returns the type of file index such as "Directory" or "JPEG file".

## Qt Signal Documentation

### void fileRenamed (const QString&,const QString&,const QString&)

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted whenever a file with the oldName is successfully renamed to newName. The file is located in in the directory path.

### void rootPathChanged (const QString&)

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted whenever the root path has been changed to a newPath.