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# Obsolete Members for QFileDialog

The following class members are obsolete. They are provided to keep old source code working. We strongly advise against using them in new code.

- QFileDialog class reference

## Properties

- confirmOverwrite : bool `(obsolete)`
- nameFilterDetailsVisible : bool `(obsolete)`
- readOnly : bool `(obsolete)`
- resolveSymlinks : bool `(obsolete)`

## Property Documentation

### confirmOverwrite : bool

This property holds whether the filedialog should ask before accepting a selected file, when the accept mode is AcceptSave.

Use setOption(DontConfirmOverwrite, !enabled) or !testOption(DontConfirmOverwrite) instead.

Access functions:

bool | confirmOverwrite () const
void | setConfirmOverwrite ( bool enabled )

### nameFilterDetailsVisible : bool

This property holds this property holds whether the filter details is shown or not.

When this property is true (the default), the filter details are shown in the combo box. When the property is set to false, these are hidden.

Use setOption(HideNameFilterDetails, !enabled) or !testOption(HideNameFilterDetails).

This property was introduced in Qt 4.4.

Access functions:

bool | isNameFilterDetailsVisible () const
void | setNameFilterDetailsVisible ( bool enabled )

### readOnly : bool

This property holds whether the filedialog is read-only.

If this property is set to false, the file dialog will allow renaming, and deleting of files and directories and creating directories.

Use setOption(ReadOnly, enabled) or testOption(ReadOnly) instead.

Access functions:

bool | isReadOnly () const
void | setReadOnly ( bool enabled )

### resolveSymlinks : bool

This property holds whether the filedialog should resolve shortcuts.

If this property is set to true, the file dialog will resolve shortcuts or symbolic links.

Use setOption(DontResolveSymlinks, !enabled) or !testOption(DontResolveSymlinks).

Access functions:

bool | resolveSymlinks () const
void | setResolveSymlinks ( bool enabled )