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diff --git a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/doc/src/imagegestures.qdoc b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/doc/src/imagegestures.qdoc
index 878da3f8aad..46053566ab9 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/doc/src/imagegestures.qdoc
+++ b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/doc/src/imagegestures.qdoc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     This example shows how to enable gestures for a widget and use gesture input
     to perform actions.
 
-    \image imagegestures-example.jpg
+    \image imagegestures-example.png
 
     We use two classes to create the user interface for the application: \c MainWidget
     and \c ImageWidget. The \c MainWidget class is simply used as a container for the
diff --git a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp
index 3ee72392fd7..189281cc115 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ void ImageWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     QPainter p(this);
 
+    if (files.isEmpty() && !path.isEmpty()) {
+        p.drawText(rect(), Qt::AlignCenter|Qt::TextWordWrap,
+                         tr("No supported image formats found"));
+        return;
+    }
+
     const qreal iw = currentImage.width();
     const qreal ih = currentImage.height();
     const qreal wh = height();
@@ -144,11 +150,15 @@ void ImageWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent*)
     update();
 }
 
-void ImageWidget::openDirectory(const QString &path)
+void ImageWidget::openDirectory(const QString &url)
 {
-    this->path = path;
+    path = url;
     QDir dir(path);
-    const QStringList nameFilters{"*.jpg", "*.png"};
+
+    QStringList nameFilters;
+    const QList<QByteArray> supportedFormats = QImageReader::supportedImageFormats();
+    for (const QByteArray &format : supportedFormats)
+        nameFilters.append(QLatin1String("*.") + QString::fromLatin1(format));
     files = dir.entryInfoList(nameFilters, QDir::Files|QDir::Readable, QDir::Name);
 
     position = 0;
diff --git a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.h b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.h
index b5bbc9ef0f9..1f4010baacc 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.h
+++ b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ImageWidget : public QWidget
 
 public:
     ImageWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
-    void openDirectory(const QString &path);
+    void openDirectory(const QString &url);
     void grabGestures(const QList<Qt::GestureType> &gestures);
 
 protected: