When a user needs to enter a file or directory path, the preferred way to do this is to display a dialog containing a miniature file browser, commonly called a file dialog. Like most toolkits, Tkinter provides us with dialogs for opening files, saving files, and selecting a directory. These are all part of the filedialog module.
Just like messagebox, filedialog is a Tkinter submodule that needs to be explicitly imported to be used. Also like messagebox, it contains a set of convenience functions that create file dialogs that are appropriate for different scenarios.
The following table lists the functions, what they return, and their UI features:
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Function
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Return value
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Features
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| askdirectory | Directory path ... |
