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How can you add an option so that you can select a folder or directory instead of a file extension type. For example, I want two options, a zip and a folder FileTypes option in my askopenfilename statement. I'd put filetypes=[('Zip File', '*.zip'), for a Zip file but what do I put for an actual directory or folder?

marianydev
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Try filedialog.askdirectory():

from tkinter import filedialog

dirname = filedialog.askdirectory()

For Python 2 use tkFileDialog.askdirectory().

mhawke
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  • @import_os: There are many examples of using it [here](http://www.programcreek.com/python/example/16883/tkFileDialog.askdirectory). – martineau Apr 29 '17 at 03:45
  • But does this let you select zip files too? As the OP said "I want two options, a zip and a folder FileTypes option" – Taku Apr 29 '17 at 03:53
  • @abccd: As far as I know, there's nothing built-in that would do that—you'd need to create your dialog function to do that—which isn't that difficult, see this [documentation](http://web.archive.org/web/20161102024158/http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-dialog-windows.htm). – martineau Apr 29 '17 at 04:03
  • @import_os: Also see [**_Correct way to implement a custom popup tkinter dialog box_**](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10057672/correct-way-to-implement-a-custom-popup-tkinter-dialog-box). – martineau Apr 29 '17 at 04:07
  • I knew about this but wanted a work around with askopenfilename. Oh well, I'll just implement a way to make it where I can tell the user if they chose an invalid file type. Thanks. – marianydev Apr 29 '17 at 19:20