How to browse and select directory in Python

Here we will be learning how to browse a file and collect file path in Python Tkinter.

To browse a file we need to import filedialog from tkinter

from tkinter import filedialog

below is the code to create a browse button and file path entry widget

mw = Tk()
mw.geometry('500x50+100+100')
mw.title("AETies : Automation Expert Technologies")
sel_file = Label(mw, text='file', padx=5).pack(side=LEFT)
file_path = Entry(mw, width=42, fg='grey')
file_path.insert(0, "Please select a directory")
file_path.pack(side=LEFT)
browse_Button = Button(mw, text=' Browse ', fg='red', command=browse_file, padx=5).pack(side=LEFT)

mainloop()

once we click on browse button, we will call browse_file function, inside which filedialog will perform operation to ask file to open

below is the code

    select_file_path = filedialog.askdirectory(initialdir="./", title='AETies : select a directory')
    

via filedialod, askdirectory() method will be called. 

It will return the selected directory path.

lets talk about options to pass

• initialdir =  this will accept a path, to be open  for browse window, like any particular folder or self directory.

Once you click on Browse button

once you selected any directory

below is the full code

 #program

 try :
     from Tkinter import *           # supports Python 2
 except:
     from tkinter import *           # supports Python 3
     from tkinter import filedialog

 def browse_file():
     file_path.delete(0, END)
     file_path.config(fg='black')
     select_file_path = filedialog.askdirectory(initialdir="./", title='AETies : select a directory')
     file_path.insert(0, select_file_path)

 mw = Tk()
 mw.geometry('500x50+100+100')
 mw.title("AETies : Automation Expert Technologies")
 sel_file = Label(mw, text='file', padx=5).pack(side=LEFT)
 file_path = Entry(mw, width=42, fg='grey')
 file_path.insert(0, "Please select a directory")
 file_path.pack(side=LEFT)
 browse_Button = Button(mw, text=' Browse ', fg='red', command=browse_file, padx=5).pack(side=LEFT)

 mainloop()

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How to browse and select file in Python