Filedialog in tkinter

Tkinter File Dialogs.

Tkinter have a class filedialog which is used when we have to work with files and directory.

basically filedialog class have a bunch of functions/methods which basically makes a dialog in which the user can selects a single or multiple file at a time ( depends on configuration or method which we use ) and it returns the path of that specific file or directory.

The theme of filedialog is directly depend on the operating system themes.

Types of filedialog available with Tkinter.

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1. filedialog.asksaveasfilename()
2. filedialog.asksaveasfile()
3. filedialog.askopenfilename()
4. filedialog.askopenfile()
5. filedialog.askdirectory()
6. filedialog.askopenfilenames()
7. filedialog.askopenfiles()

 

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As you can see the Tkinter only have Two types of Filedialog.

1 is for open files and directory

2 is for save files.

and these two types are further divide into 7 categories.

File dialog Options.

Options	Type	Description
defaultextension	string	An extension to add to the filename, if not explicitly given by the user. The string should include the leading dot (ignored by the open dialog).
filetypes	list	Sequence of (label, pattern) tuples. The same label may occur with several patterns. Use “*” as the pattern to indicate all files.
initialdir	string	Initial Directory
initialfile	string	Initial file
parent	widget	Which window to place the message box on top of. When the dialog is closed, the focus is returned to the parent window.
title	string	Message box title.

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So lets code it.

       			 
# Tkinter - Dynamic Coding
# filedialog... ...
# Import Library

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import filedialog


root =Tk()
root.title("Dynamic Coding")
root.geometry('300x200')

val = filedialog.askdirectory(title='Select a Directory')
print(val)

# returns the path of selected Folder or if we select
# cancel button it returns Nothing just blank spaces


root.mainloop()
 

Output.

In our example code we use askdirectory method.

Difference between askopenfilename and askopenfilenames methods.

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# Tkinter - Dynamic Coding
# filedialog... ...
# Import Library

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import filedialog


root =Tk()
root.title("Dynamic Coding")
root.geometry('300x200')

val1 =  filedialog.askopenfilename()
# user can choose only a single file at a time.

val2 = filedialog.askopenfilenames()
# user can choose multiple files at a single time.

print(val1)
print(val2)


root.mainloop()
 

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