Bind button open file dialog to a text field in Tkinter

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How to bind a button that has an Open File Dialog function to a text field so that the name of the file you have selected is displayed in the text field?

I found how to open a text file and display the file content on a Text widget, but that it will display name of file, which I am choosing.

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1 Answers

I provided this answer to a previous question which I believe meets your needs. The FolderSelect object contains the tkinter widgets for a label, textbox and open file button that will bring up a file select dialog

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
from tkinter import filedialog
gui = Tk()
gui.geometry("400x400")
gui.title("FC")

class FolderSelect(Frame):
    def __init__(self,parent=None,folderDescription="",**kw):
        Frame.__init__(self,master=parent,**kw)
        self.folderPath = StringVar()
        self.lblName = Label(self, text=folderDescription)
        self.lblName.grid(row=0,column=0)
        self.entPath = Entry(self, textvariable=self.folderPath)
        self.entPath.grid(row=0,column=1)
        self.btnFind = ttk.Button(self, text="Browse Folder",command=self.setFolderPath)
        self.btnFind.grid(row=0,column=2)
    def setFolderPath(self):
        folder_selected = filedialog.askdirectory()
        self.folderPath.set(folder_selected)
    @property
    def folder_path(self):
        return self.folderPath.get()

def doStuff():
    folder1 = directory1Select.folder_path
    folder2 = directory2Select.folder_path
    folder3 = directory3Select.folder_path
    print("Doing stuff with folder", folder1, folder2, folder3)

folderPath = StringVar()

directory1Select = FolderSelect(gui,"Select Folder 1")
directory1Select.grid(row=0)

directory2Select = FolderSelect(gui,"Select Folder 2")
directory2Select.grid(row=1)

directory3Select = FolderSelect(gui,"Select Folder 3")
directory3Select.grid(row=2)


c = ttk.Button(gui, text="find", command=doStuff)
c.grid(row=4,column=0)
gui.mainloop()
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