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Reputation: 41

what is default value of filedialog.askdirectory()?

i wrote some code to make GUI program

import os
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import filedialog

dirName = os.getcwd()

def getDirName():
    global dirName
    dirName = filedialog.askdirectory()
    if dirName != ####:
        lbl_1_2.configure(text=dirName)
    else:
        pass

# lbl_1_2 = Label(app, text=dirName)
# btn_1 = Button(app, text="change", width=15, command=getDirName)

If I close file explorer without select directory (press esc or click [x])

then a value will return to dirName.

what is it? null? 0? trash? how can I get that value and insert to #### ?

thank you for reading

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4832

Answers (1)

l'L'l
l'L'l

Reputation: 47159

You set the directory to whatever you want with initialdir:

dirName = filedialog.askdirectory(parent=root,
                                  initialdir="/path/to/start",
                                  title='Please select a directory')

If the user clicks cancel instead of OK then the value returned is empty.

If you want to check if a value is set simply do:

if dirName:
    ....

Upvotes: 7

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