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Issac_n
Issac_n

Reputation: 89

Python tkinter : browse directory and save to new directory

I would like to open a new browser by clicking Button from python tkinker GUI and new directory need to be saved and display on GUI.

I am able to open current directory with command below;

import os
subprocess.Popen('explorer "C:\temp"')
cur_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)

my question is how to save the active browser dir and display on GUI after Step A/B above?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 12089

Answers (1)

sccoding
sccoding

Reputation: 356

First of all, the imports needed for this answer:

import os
import tkinter as tk # if using Python 3
import Tkinter as tk # if using Python 2

Let's say that your button has been defined.

Here is some sample code which will get the current directory:

curr_directory = os.getcwd() # will get current working directory

If you're looking to set up a GUI to ask the user to select a file, use:

name = tkinter.tkFileDialog.askopenfilename(initialdir = curr_directory,title = "Select file",filetypes = (("jpeg files","*.jpg"),("all files","*.*")))
print(name)

Which will store the file that they have chosen, with the directory they start at set to curr_directory which is the current directory.

If you are instead looking to set up a GUI in which the user chooses a directory, you can use:

dir_name = tk.tkFileDialog.askdirectory()

This will store the name of the directory they have chosen in the dir_name variable.

For more information, check out this link on how to use the file dialog. Alternatively, you can check the general tkinter documentation here (for Python 2) and here (for Python 3). If you need a reference to the file dialog, this is a good source.

Upvotes: 6

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