How to give Tkinter file dialog focus

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I'm using OS X. I'm double clicking my script to run it from Finder. This script imports and runs the function below.

I'd like the script to present a Tkinter open file dialog and return a list of files selected.

Here's what I have so far:

def open_files(starting_dir):
    """Returns list of filenames+paths given starting dir"""
    import Tkinter
    import tkFileDialog

    root = Tkinter.Tk()
    root.withdraw()  # Hide root window
    filenames = tkFileDialog.askopenfilenames(parent=root,initialdir=starting_dir)
    return list(filenames)

I double click the script, terminal opens, the Tkinter file dialog opens. The problem is that the file dialog is behind the terminal.

Is there a way to suppress the terminal or ensure the file dialog ends up on top?

Thanks, Wes

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5 Answers

I had this issue with the window behind Spyder:

root = tk.Tk()
root.overrideredirect(True)
root.geometry('0x0+0+0')
root.focus_force()
FT = [("%s files" % ftype, "*.%s" % ftype), ('All Files', '*.*')]
ttl = 'Select File'
File = filedialog.askopenfilename(parent=root, title=ttl, filetypes=FT)
root.withdraw()
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