from PySide.QtGui import * from PySide.QtCore import * app = QApplication([]) QTimer.singleShot(200, app.quit) # This test for a dead lock in QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames, the test fail with a timeout if the dead lock exists. QFileDialog.getOpenFileNames(None, "caption", QDir.homePath(), None, QFileDialog.DontUseNativeDialog)