How to display a chunck of a path BUT return the full path of a selected file in python. pyqt5 [duplicate]

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i have a code that includes a QlistWidget where its items are existing files based on the user selected path.

I am able to display and return the full path of a selected file.

What i want is that when the user select a file from the list to just display the parent directory and the file name AND return the full path of the selected file.

I will appreciate any help in achieving my goal.

what i did until now

myPDFviewr.py==>Core code

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
from PyQt5.QtCore import (QMimeData)
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QCheckBox, QColorDialog, QDialog,
QErrorMessage, QFileDialog, QFontDialog, QFrame, QGridLayout,
QInputDialog, QLabel, QLineEdit, QMessageBox, QPushButton, QMenu,QListWidgetItem)
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
import pdfviewer
import pathlib
from pathlib import Path
import os
import re
from os import path

import docx

class pdfViewer(pdfviewer.Ui_PdfPreviewWindow):

def __init__(self,PdfPreviewObj):
pdfviewer.Ui_PdfPreviewWindow.__init__(self)

self.PdfPreviewObj =PdfPreviewObj
self.setupUi(PdfPreviewObj)
self.PdfPreviewObj.show()

self.pushButtonOpenFolder.clicked.connect(self.openfolder)
self.listWidgetPDFlist.clicked.connect(self.FileListSelected)
#####################################


def FileListSelected(self): # Function to select the desired file from the list in the left pane

Item=self.listWidgetPDFlist.currentItem().text()
print("this is the SELECTED file==>{}".format(Item))

return Item

def setExistingDirectory(self): # create a pop up fileDirectory Dialog Message in order to select the desired folder.

self.fileList=
dialog = QDialog()
options = QFileDialog.DontResolveSymlinks | QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly
Folder = QFileDialog.getExistingDirectory(dialog, "Open Folder" ,options=options)
return Folder


def openfolder(self): # clear the list & open the folder of the selected path.
self.listWidgetPDFlist.clear()
self.checkPath(self.setExistingDirectory())



def checkPath(self,folder): # Funtion to check the given path for the wanted extension (Files)

try:
directory=folder

whichChecked=""
for root,dirs,files in os.walk(directory):

for filename in files:
if len(self.lineEdit_Ext.text())>0:
self.lineEdit_Ext.setStyleSheet("background-color:white")
self.lineEdit_Ext.setPlaceholderText("Enter The Filetype Extention Here")

if filename.endswith(self.lineEdit_Ext.text()):
fullPath=os.path.join(root,filename)
print(fullPath)
self.fileList.append(fullPath)

elif self.rdBtn_docx.isChecked() and filename.endswith("docx") or filename.endswith("doc") :
self.fullPath=os.path.join(root,filename)
print("checkpath Displayed Path => {}".format(self.fullPath))

print("=========================================")
self.fileList.append(self.fullPath)

whichChecked="docx - doc Ext was Selected"

if len(self.fileList) > 0:
self.lineEdit_Ext.setStyleSheet("bacground-color:white;")
self.lineEdit_Ext.setPlaceholderText("{0}".format(whichChecked))
else:
self.lineEdit_Ext.setStyleSheet("background-color:Red")
self.lineEdit_Ext.setPlaceholderText("No Ext is Specified")


self.ListFilesInViewer(self.fileList) # add the list into the listWidgetPDFlist
self.SelectAll.setEnabled(True)

return folder

except Exception as e:
print("this error occure {0}".format(e))


def ListFilesInViewer(self,Files): # Function to list all the files in the Left pane
for item1 in Files:
item = QtWidgets.QListWidgetItem(item1)
item.setCheckState(QtCore.Qt.Unchecked)
self.listWidgetPDFlist.addItem(item)

if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
PdfPreviewWindow = QtWidgets.QMainWindow()
pdfViewerUi = pdfViewer(PdfPreviewWindow)
PdfPreviewWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())


pdfpreview.py==> GUI interface

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'C:UserstestDocumentsPython_Projectstests_scriptsqt_creatorwse_stakckOverFlowpdfviewer.ui'
#
# Created by: PyQt5 UI code generator 5.10.1
#
# WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets

class Ui_PdfPreviewWindow(object):
def setupUi(self, PdfPreviewWindow):
PdfPreviewWindow.setObjectName("PdfPreviewWindow")
PdfPreviewWindow.resize(767, 502)
PdfPreviewWindow.setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);")
self.centralwidget = QtWidgets.QWidget(PdfPreviewWindow)
self.centralwidget.setObjectName("centralwidget")
self.gridLayout_3 = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.centralwidget)
self.gridLayout_3.setObjectName("gridLayout_3")
self.tabWidget = QtWidgets.QTabWidget(self.centralwidget)
self.tabWidget.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(749, 0))
self.tabWidget.setStyleSheet("")
self.tabWidget.setTabShape(QtWidgets.QTabWidget.Rounded)
self.tabWidget.setTabsClosable(False)
self.tabWidget.setTabBarAutoHide(False)
self.tabWidget.setObjectName("tabWidget")
self.tab = QtWidgets.QWidget()
self.tab.setObjectName("tab")
self.gridLayout_4 = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.tab)
self.gridLayout_4.setObjectName("gridLayout_4")
self.ExportButton = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.tab)
self.ExportButton.setText("")
icon = QtGui.QIcon()
icon.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/export.ico"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.ExportButton.setIcon(icon)
self.ExportButton.setIconSize(QtCore.QSize(40, 40))
self.ExportButton.setFlat(True)
self.ExportButton.setObjectName("ExportButton")
self.gridLayout_4.addWidget(self.ExportButton, 2, 2, 1, 3)
self.groupBoxPDFlist = QtWidgets.QGroupBox(self.tab)
font = QtGui.QFont()
font.setPointSize(14)
self.groupBoxPDFlist.setFont(font)
self.groupBoxPDFlist.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
self.groupBoxPDFlist.setObjectName("groupBoxPDFlist")
self.gridLayout = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.groupBoxPDFlist)
self.gridLayout.setObjectName("gridLayout")
self.SelectAll = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.groupBoxPDFlist)
self.SelectAll.setEnabled(True)
self.SelectAll.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(0, 0))
self.SelectAll.setText("")
icon1 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon1.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/checkBox.ico"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.SelectAll.setIcon(icon1)
self.SelectAll.setIconSize(QtCore.QSize(40, 40))
self.SelectAll.setDefault(False)
self.SelectAll.setFlat(True)
self.SelectAll.setObjectName("SelectAll")
self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.SelectAll, 0, 0, 1, 1)
spacerItem = QtWidgets.QSpacerItem(89, 20, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
self.gridLayout.addItem(spacerItem, 0, 1, 1, 1)
self.listWidgetPDFlist = QtWidgets.QListWidget(self.groupBoxPDFlist)
self.listWidgetPDFlist.setFrameShape(QtWidgets.QFrame.StyledPanel)
self.listWidgetPDFlist.setSelectionMode(QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.SingleSelection)
self.listWidgetPDFlist.setObjectName("listWidgetPDFlist")
self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.listWidgetPDFlist, 2, 0, 1, 2)
self.gridLayout_4.addWidget(self.groupBoxPDFlist, 1, 0, 1, 4)
self.groupBox_2 = QtWidgets.QGroupBox(self.tab)
font = QtGui.QFont()
font.setPointSize(13)
font.setBold(False)
font.setWeight(50)
self.groupBox_2.setFont(font)
self.groupBox_2.setStyleSheet("")
self.groupBox_2.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
self.groupBox_2.setObjectName("groupBox_2")
self.formLayout = QtWidgets.QFormLayout(self.groupBox_2)
self.formLayout.setObjectName("formLayout")
self.horizontalLayout_5 = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
self.horizontalLayout_5.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_5")
self.horizontalLayout_7 = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
self.horizontalLayout_7.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_7")
self.pushButtonOpenFolder = QtWidgets.QPushButton(self.groupBox_2)
palette = QtGui.QPalette()
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Active, QtGui.QPalette.Button, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Active, QtGui.QPalette.Midlight, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Active, QtGui.QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Active, QtGui.QPalette.Base, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Active, QtGui.QPalette.Window, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.Button, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.Midlight, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(0, 0, 0))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.Base, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Inactive, QtGui.QPalette.Window, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Disabled, QtGui.QPalette.Button, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Disabled, QtGui.QPalette.Midlight, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(120, 120, 120))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Disabled, QtGui.QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Disabled, QtGui.QPalette.Base, brush)
brush = QtGui.QBrush(QtGui.QColor(255, 255, 255))
brush.setStyle(QtCore.Qt.SolidPattern)
palette.setBrush(QtGui.QPalette.Disabled, QtGui.QPalette.Window, brush)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setPalette(palette)
font = QtGui.QFont()
font.setPointSize(8)
font.setBold(False)
font.setItalic(False)
font.setUnderline(True)
font.setWeight(50)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setFont(font)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setMouseTracking(False)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setAutoFillBackground(False)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setText("")
icon2 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon2.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/Open.png"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setIcon(icon2)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setIconSize(QtCore.QSize(36, 36))
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setCheckable(False)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setAutoDefault(False)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setDefault(False)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setFlat(True)
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setObjectName("pushButtonOpenFolder")
self.horizontalLayout_7.addWidget(self.pushButtonOpenFolder)
self.verticalLayout_3 = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
self.verticalLayout_3.setObjectName("verticalLayout_3")
self.horizontalLayout_6 = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
self.horizontalLayout_6.setObjectName("horizontalLayout_6")
self.rdBtn_docx = QtWidgets.QRadioButton(self.groupBox_2)
self.rdBtn_docx.setText("")
icon3 = QtGui.QIcon()
icon3.addPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap(":/File Format Doc-507x507"), QtGui.QIcon.Normal, QtGui.QIcon.Off)
self.rdBtn_docx.setIcon(icon3)
self.rdBtn_docx.setIconSize(QtCore.QSize(30, 30))
self.rdBtn_docx.setObjectName("rdBtn_docx")
self.horizontalLayout_6.addWidget(self.rdBtn_docx)
self.verticalLayout_3.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_6)
self.lineEdit_Ext = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(self.groupBox_2)
font = QtGui.QFont()
font.setPointSize(10)
self.lineEdit_Ext.setFont(font)
self.lineEdit_Ext.setObjectName("lineEdit_Ext")
self.verticalLayout_3.addWidget(self.lineEdit_Ext)
self.horizontalLayout_7.addLayout(self.verticalLayout_3)
self.horizontalLayout_5.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout_7)
spacerItem1 = QtWidgets.QSpacerItem(158, 18, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
self.horizontalLayout_5.addItem(spacerItem1)
self.formLayout.setLayout(0, QtWidgets.QFormLayout.SpanningRole, self.horizontalLayout_5)
self.gridLayout_4.addWidget(self.groupBox_2, 0, 0, 1, 6)
self.horizontalLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName("horizontalLayout")
spacerItem2 = QtWidgets.QSpacerItem(40, 20, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
self.horizontalLayout.addItem(spacerItem2)
self.lineEditTotalPDFnumber = QtWidgets.QLineEdit(self.tab)
font = QtGui.QFont()
font.setPointSize(12)
self.lineEditTotalPDFnumber.setFont(font)
self.lineEditTotalPDFnumber.setObjectName("lineEditTotalPDFnumber")
self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.lineEditTotalPDFnumber)
self.labelTotalPDFnumber = QtWidgets.QLabel(self.tab)
self.labelTotalPDFnumber.setObjectName("labelTotalPDFnumber")
self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.labelTotalPDFnumber)
self.gridLayout_4.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout, 2, 0, 1, 2)
spacerItem3 = QtWidgets.QSpacerItem(502, 20, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
self.gridLayout_4.addItem(spacerItem3, 2, 5, 1, 1)
self.tabWidget.addTab(self.tab, "")
self.gridLayout_3.addWidget(self.tabWidget, 0, 1, 1, 1)
PdfPreviewWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)
self.menubar = QtWidgets.QMenuBar(PdfPreviewWindow)
self.menubar.setGeometry(QtCore.QRect(0, 0, 767, 21))
self.menubar.setObjectName("menubar")
PdfPreviewWindow.setMenuBar(self.menubar)
self.statusbar = QtWidgets.QStatusBar(PdfPreviewWindow)
self.statusbar.setObjectName("statusbar")
PdfPreviewWindow.setStatusBar(self.statusbar)

self.retranslateUi(PdfPreviewWindow)
self.tabWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)
QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(PdfPreviewWindow)

def retranslateUi(self, PdfPreviewWindow):
_translate = QtCore.QCoreApplication.translate
PdfPreviewWindow.setWindowTitle(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "XXXXXXX"))
self.ExportButton.setToolTip(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "<html><head/><body><p align="right"><span style=" font-size:12pt;">نسخ</span></p></body></html>"))
self.groupBoxPDFlist.setTitle(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "Files List"))
self.SelectAll.setToolTip(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "<html><head/><body><p><span style=" font-size:12pt;">Check All Items</span></p></body></html>"))
self.groupBox_2.setTitle(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "Search Panel"))
self.pushButtonOpenFolder.setToolTip(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "<html><head/><body><p><span style=" font-size:12pt;">فتح مجلّد</span></p></body></html>"))
self.lineEdit_Ext.setPlaceholderText(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "Enter The FileType Extention Here"))
self.labelTotalPDFnumber.setText(_translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "Total"))
self.tabWidget.setTabText(self.tabWidget.indexOf(self.tab), _translate("PdfPreviewWindow", "البرنامج"))

import resources_rc

if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
PdfPreviewWindow = QtWidgets.QMainWindow()
ui = Ui_PdfPreviewWindow()
ui.setupUi(PdfPreviewWindow)
PdfPreviewWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())


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