1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/silx/gui/hdf5/Hdf5Node.py b/silx/gui/hdf5/Hdf5Node.py
index 0fcb407..be16535 100644
--- a/silx/gui/hdf5/Hdf5Node.py
+++ b/silx/gui/hdf5/Hdf5Node.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 __authors__ = ["V. Valls"]
 __license__ = "MIT"
-__date__ = "16/06/2017"
+__date__ = "24/07/2018"
 
 import weakref
 
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ class Hdf5Node(object):
             self.__child = []
             self._populateChild(populateAll=True)
 
+    def _getCanonicalName(self):
+        parent = self.parent
+        if parent is None:
+            return "root"
+        else:
+            return "%s/?" % (parent._getCanonicalName())
+
     @property
     def parent(self):
         """Parent of the node, or None if the node is a root