Tk alternative to askopenfilename and askdirectory?

[Ulli Horlacher]

Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 16/12/2015 14:18, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> > Is there an alternative to Tk's askopenfilename() and askdirectory()?
> >
> > I want to select a files and directories within one widget, but
> > askopenfilename() let me only select files and askdirectory() let me only
> > select directories.
> >
> >
> 
> I guess it would help if you could provide some information on your use 
> case and what you want to achieve ;)

A (Windows) user shall upload files and/or directories.
For this, he needs to select them.
In the current implementation, the user has to decide first whether he
wants to upload a file or a directory. I want to eliminate this step.

http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/fop/rC2meOrd/X-20151216180501.png

drag&drop works only for files with ASCII filenames.

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