[vlc-commits] [Git][videolan/vlc][master] qt: fix default open dialog location

[Steve Lhomme (@robUx4)]

Steve Lhomme pushed to branch master at VideoLAN / VLC


Commits:
18bf5447 by Marvin Scholz at 2026-01-26T12:04:35+00:00
qt: fix default open dialog location

The m_dialogFilepath which stores the last location of the open dialog,
is supposed to be a QUrl, not a normal string file path. Therefore the
default value has to be converted to a proper QUrl and the setting has
to be read as QUrl, for consisteny.

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1 changed file:

- modules/gui/qt/maininterface/mainctx.cpp


Changes:

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modules/gui/qt/maininterface/mainctx.cpp
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@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ MainCtx::MainCtx(qt_intf_t *_p_intf)
     /* Controlbar Profile Model Creation */
     m_controlbarProfileModel = new ControlbarProfileModel(p_intf->mainSettings, this);
 
-    m_dialogFilepath = getSettings()->value( "filedialog-path", QVLCUserDir( VLC_HOME_DIR ) ).toString();
+    const QUrl homeUrl = QUrl::fromLocalFile(QVLCUserDir( VLC_HOME_DIR ));
+    m_dialogFilepath = getSettings()->value( "filedialog-path", homeUrl ).toUrl();
 
     QString platformName = QGuiApplication::platformName();
 



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