From austinmredding at gmail.com  Mon Sep 11 11:44:07 2017
From: austinmredding at gmail.com (Austin Redding)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:44:07 -0500
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Display Files in Directory
Message-ID: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>

I'm attempting to use 'askdirectory' in order to populate a widget with the
relevant files in the user selected directory.  However, when using
'askdirectory' the user isn't able to see the files inside the directory,
unlike 'askopenfilename' which displays all the files.

Is there any fix to allow for the contents of a directory to be displayed
(like 'askopenfilename'), but maintain the functionality of
'askdirectory'?  I want to use 'askdirectory' because I don't want the user
to have to create a new file dialog window every time they want to switch
between files located in the same directory.

I've dug through the source code, but I can't seem to pinpoint where the
decision to display/show files is made depending on the choice of
'askopenfilename', 'askdirectory', etc.  Any help or direction would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Austin
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From klappnase at web.de  Mon Sep 11 16:25:42 2017
From: klappnase at web.de (Michael Lange)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:25:42 +0200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Display Files in Directory
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Message-ID: <20170911222542.4487375d2a0f0b57973e35af@web.de>

Hi Austin,

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:44:07 -0500
Austin Redding <austinmredding at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm attempting to use 'askdirectory' in order to populate a widget with
> the relevant files in the user selected directory.  However, when using
> 'askdirectory' the user isn't able to see the files inside the
> directory, unlike 'askopenfilename' which displays all the files.
> 
> Is there any fix to allow for the contents of a directory to be
> displayed (like 'askopenfilename'), but maintain the functionality of
> 'askdirectory'?  I want to use 'askdirectory' because I don't want the
> user to have to create a new file dialog window every time they want to
> switch between files located in the same directory.
> 
> I've dug through the source code, but I can't seem to pinpoint where the
> decision to display/show files is made depending on the choice of
> 'askopenfilename', 'askdirectory', etc.  Any help or direction would be
> greatly appreciated.

I don't think this can be done with the plain Tk file dialog. Maybe you
could use the tix.ExFileSelectBox or the tix.DirTree instead, or set up
something yourself, like checking the contents of the directory returned
by askdirectory() and insert the file names into a listbox.

Best regards

Michael


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the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.
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From greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz  Mon Sep 11 19:35:32 2017
From: greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:35:32 +1200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Display Files in Directory
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References: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <59B71DC4.90808@canterbury.ac.nz>

Austin Redding wrote:
> Is there any fix to allow for the contents of a directory to be 
> displayed (like 'askopenfilename'), but maintain the functionality of 
> 'askdirectory'?

This seems to be platform-dependent. On MacOSX I get a
dialog that shows the filenames greyed out.

I'm guessing you're using Windows, where the system
supplied directory choosing dialog is completely
different from the one for choosing filenames and
doesn't show files. If that's the case, there's
probably nothing you can do about it, because
tkinter isn't responsible for the difference.

-- 
Greg

From klappnase at web.de  Tue Sep 12 03:35:16 2017
From: klappnase at web.de (Michael Lange)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:35:16 +0200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Display Files in Directory
In-Reply-To: <59B71DC4.90808@canterbury.ac.nz>
References: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>
 <59B71DC4.90808@canterbury.ac.nz>
Message-ID: <20170912093516.87e98366bd4651b40b810cfb@web.de>

Hi,

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:35:32 +1200
Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> Austin Redding wrote:
> > Is there any fix to allow for the contents of a directory to be 
> > displayed (like 'askopenfilename'), but maintain the functionality of 
> > 'askdirectory'?
> 
> This seems to be platform-dependent. On MacOSX I get a
> dialog that shows the filenames greyed out.
> 
> I'm guessing you're using Windows, where the system
> supplied directory choosing dialog is completely
> different from the one for choosing filenames and
> doesn't show files. If that's the case, there's
> probably nothing you can do about it, because
> tkinter isn't responsible for the difference.

it might be X11 as well, here you still get those Win95-style dialogs
provided by Tk (and since Austin said he checked the source code I
thought he referred to tkfbox.tcl, but of course I might be wrong there).

Best regards

Michael


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From prahladyeri at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 11 17:10:34 2017
From: prahladyeri at yahoo.com (Prahlad Yeri)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 02:40:34 +0530
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Display Files in Directory
In-Reply-To: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20170912024034.00005ddb@yahoo.com>

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:44:07 -0500
Austin Redding <austinmredding at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm attempting to use 'askdirectory' in order to populate a widget
> with the relevant files in the user selected directory.  However,
> when using 'askdirectory' the user isn't able to see the files inside
> the directory, unlike 'askopenfilename' which displays all the files.

It appears from your question that your objective is to create a way
for the user to be able to select multiple file(s) through a single
dialog that shows all files/folders, so that they don't have to
select each file/folder individually. Is this requirement correct? If
so, then you can use the filedialog.askopenfilenames (with an s in the
end) that is able to do exactly this:

from tkinter import filedialog

files = filedialog.askopenfilenames(parent=self.master,title='Choose
the Music file(s)', filetypes=(("xml files", "*.xml")))

I'd used this code in one of my projects where the user wanted to
select multiple xml files for processing by using one single browse
button. Hope this helps.

-- 
Regards,
Prahlad

From prahladyeri at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 11 23:51:58 2017
From: prahladyeri at yahoo.com (Prahlad Yeri)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:21:58 +0530
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Display Files in Directory
In-Reply-To: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABWQSra+nMO=L-5PE+h1E+SpJJL3C=n4h6dh_ebVPdS=1fYePg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20170912024034.00005ddb@yahoo.com>

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:44:07 -0500
Austin Redding <austinmredding at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm attempting to use 'askdirectory' in order to populate a widget
> with the relevant files in the user selected directory.  However,
> when using 'askdirectory' the user isn't able to see the files inside
> the directory, unlike 'askopenfilename' which displays all the files.

It appears from your question that your objective is to create a way
for the user to be able to select multiple file(s) through a single
dialog that shows all files/folders, so that they don't have to
select each file/folder individually. Is this requirement correct? If
so, then you can use the filedialog.askopenfilenames (with an s in the
end) that is able to do exactly this:

from tkinter import filedialog

files = filedialog.askopenfilenames(parent=self.master,title='Choose
the Music file(s)', filetypes=(("xml files", "*.xml")))

I'd used this code in one of my projects where the user wanted to
select multiple xml files for processing by using one single browse
button. Hope this helps.

-- 
Regards,
Prahlad