Use Qt QSettings to remember last-used paths across file dialogs #3585
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Thanks, this seems like a nice improvement. I don't know about QSettings. Where are these settings persisted? |
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We are using QSettings("Colmap", "UISettings") and Qt uses the native settings location of each platform, so the saved paths are persistent across application restarts: In Windows: In macOS: In Linux: Regards, Víctor |
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Thank you for your answer. Left a few minor comments, otherwise looks good to me.
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…map#3585) Right now, every time Colmap is restarted, all file dialogs start from the default location. This forces the user to browse back to the project or dataset folder again and again, which is annoying. This PR changes that behavior by using Qt QSettings to store the last-used directory for each dialog (open, save, import, export, etc.), with a global fallback. That way, the next time a dialog is opened it will point to the folder the user was previously working in. --------- Co-authored-by: Johannes Schönberger <[email protected]>
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Right now, every time Colmap is restarted, all file dialogs start from the default location. This forces the user to browse back to the project or dataset folder again and again, which is annoying.
This PR changes that behavior by using Qt QSettings to store the last-used directory for each dialog (open, save, import, export, etc.), with a global fallback. That way, the next time a dialog is opened it will point to the folder the user was previously working in.