def setHint(self, hint):
        """
        Sets the hint for this filepath.
        
        :param      hint | <str>
        """
        if self.normalizePath():
            filepath = os.path.normpath(nativestring(hint))
        else:
            filepath = os.path.normpath(nativestring(hint)).replace('\\', '/')
            
        self._filepathEdit.setHint(hint)