Can I store some user data in every item of a QListWidget?

Question

I want to store some filenames in a QListWidget. I need to have the full file paths, but I only want to show the base filename. I probably could store the full filename in the t

Answer 1

Here is how it looks like in Python (PyQt5):

from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets


# Creates a QListWidgetItem
item_to_add = QtWidgets.QListWidgetItem()

# Setting your QListWidgetItem Text          
item_to_add.setText('String to Display')   
  
# Setting your QListWidgetItem Data  
item_to_add.setData(QtCore.Qt.UserRole, YOUR_DATA) 

# Add the new rule to the QListWidget
YOUR_QListWidget.addItem(item_to_add)            

Retrieving the data:

# Looping through items
for item_index in range(YOUR_QListWidget.count()):  

    # Getting the data embedded in each item from the listWidget
    item_data = YOUR_QListWidget.item(item_index).data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole)  

    # Getting the datatext of each item from the listWidget
    item_text = YOUR_QListWidget.item(item_index).text()