Better looking Tkinter File Dialogs for Python 2.7

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In my application, the user needs to browse for files. However, the askdirectory from tkFileDialog isn't really comfortable for using and browsing files since it's somewhat outdated. It looks like this:

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What I want to achieve should look like the "default" windows browse dialog. Like this:

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(Source https://www.pythontutorial.net/tkinter/tkinter-open-file-dialog/)

I am not sure (since I couldn't find proof) but I remember someone telling me that it looks like this because I am using Python 2.7 and not 3+. Is that true? Does an alternative exist?

python-2.7 tkinter
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You can try using askopenfilename(). It displays the standard Open File dialog box.

For example:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import filedialog as fd

root = Tk()

root.title("Button to open files")
root.geometry("500x500")

def openfd(*args):
    askk = askopenfilename()

btn = Button(root, text="Click to open file", command=openfd)
btn.place(x=200, y=200)
root.mainloop()

You can read more about it at https://www.pythontutorial.net/tkinter/tkinter-open-file-dialog/.

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