molybden::Desktop Class Reference

Provides access to the desktop environment. More...

#include <desktop.hpp>

Public Member Functions
virtual std::shared_ptr< App >	app ()=0
	Returns the application instance.
virtual void	openUrl (const std::string &url)=0
	Opens the given URL in the associated application.
virtual void	openPath (const std::string &path)=0
	Opens the given path in the associated application.
virtual void	showPath (const std::string &path)=0
	Shows the given path in the file manager of the current platform.

Detailed Description

Provides access to the desktop environment.

Member Function Documentation

openPath()

virtual void molybden::Desktop::openPath ( const std::string &  path )

pure virtual

Opens the given path in the associated application.

If the associated application is not launched yet, it will be launched. If the given path is a directory, the file manager of the current platform is launched to open it.

Parameters

path	the absolute or relative path to a file or directory to open.

openUrl()

virtual void molybden::Desktop::openUrl ( const std::string &  url )

pure virtual

Opens the given URL in the associated application.

If the given URL is a website, the default web browser will be launched to open it.

If the given URL is a mailto URL, the default mail client will be launched to compose a new message.

Parameters

url	the URL (website or mailto) to open.

showPath()

virtual void molybden::Desktop::showPath ( const std::string &  path )

pure virtual

Shows the given path in the file manager of the current platform.

If the given path is a file/directory the file manager will open its containing directory and try selecting the file/directory.

If you need to show content of a directory, use openPath(path) with the directory path.

Parameters

path	the absolute or relative path to a file or directory to show.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/molybden/desktop/desktop.hpp