How to select a directory and store the location using tkinter in Python

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Brad Conyers picture Brad Conyers · Jul 2, 2012 · Viewed 108.9k times · Source

I am creating a GUI with a browse button which I only want to return the path. I've been looking at solutions using code like below. 

Tkinter.Button(subframe, text = "Browse", command = self.loadtemplate, width = 10).pack()

   def loadtemplate(self): 
        filename = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename(filetypes = (("Template files", "*.tplate")
                                                             ,("HTML files", "*.html;*.htm")
                                                             ,("All files", "*.*") ))
        if filename: 
            try: 
                self.settings["template"].set(filename)
            except: 
                tkMessageBox.showerror("Open Source File", "Failed to read file \n'%s'"%filename)

However I know Tkinter has a built in askopenfilename which is a super easy one line of code for opening files. Is there some way to modify this to return the directory instead of a file? Is there a smaller option than the larger chunk of code I posted?

Answer

mgilson picture mgilson · Jul 2, 2012

It appears that tkFileDialog.askdirectory should work. documentation

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