Sometimes, we want to show a file dialog in Python.

In this article, we’ll look at how to show a file dialog in Python.

How to show a file dialog in Python?

To show a file dialog in Python, we can call filedialog.askopenfilename.

For instance, we write

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog

root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()

file_path = filedialog.askopenfilename()

to call filedialog.askopenfilename to open the file dialog.

And once a file is selected, its path will be returned as the value.

Conclusion

To show a file dialog in Python, we can call filedialog.askopenfilename.