QFileDialog - remote browsing possible?

[KShots]

That was the idea - it's just to get a directory (or rather, several directories) from the remote system.

QFileDialog has, among other things, a static function that allows for selecting directories.

The how was in the first post (I'd set the model for the QFileDialog's view and that should take care of it)... but it seemed excessive to me and failed to pass the "sanity" check. On the other hand, if it's doable that way, then it's just short of the "too hard to do" point for me and I'll plod forward with it.

I'm also wondering just how much effort I'm willing to put forward when it can be solved with a simple QLineEdit and a manual entry (no browsing)

[squidge]

So what you really need if you don't want to allow network shares is a FTP-like connection without the "F" part As in, you can browse the directory structure but you can't transfer any files.

It is a fair amount of work and possibly a lot of maintenance for something if people would be quite happy with a QLineEdit box though. I assume you can get a directory listing in other ways (Most OS support exporting the display and allowing remote control or other means), so all you need do is copy and paste the path, but if you need to connect to the server to setup the final configuration, then you might as well add the browsing part as well. I just wouldn't use a QFileDialog, but maybe a QTreeView instead, should be much easier.