Compatibility Members for QDesktopServices

The following members of class QDesktopServicesare part of the Qt compatibility layer. We advise against using them in new code.

Static Public Members

QString displayName(StandardLocation type)
QString storageLocation(StandardLocation type)

Member Function Documentation

QString QDesktopServices::displayName(StandardLocation type) [static]

Use QStandardPaths::displayName()

QString QDesktopServices::storageLocation(StandardLocation type) [static]

Use QStandardPaths::writableLocation()

Note: when porting QDesktopServices::DataLocation(obsolete) to QStandardPaths::DataLocation, a different path will be returned.

QDesktopServices::DataLocation was GenericDataLocation + "/data/organization/application", while QStandardPaths::DataLocation is GenericDataLocation + "/organization/application".

Also note that application could be empty in Qt 4, if QCoreApplication::setApplicationName() wasn't called, while in Qt 5 it defaults to the name of the executable.

Therefore, if you still need to access the Qt 4 path (for example for data migration to Qt 5), replace

QDesktopServices::storageLocation(QDesktopServices::DataLocation)

with

QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) +
"/data/organization/application"

(assuming an organization name and an application name were set).