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Simple Windows file dialogs.

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File dialogs for Windows

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pip install windows-filedialogs

Documentation: https://mrthearman.github.io/filedialogs/

Source Code: https://github.com/MrThearMan/filedialogs/

Contributing: https://github.com/MrThearMan/filedialogs/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md


Implements easy Windows file dialog functions. Requires the pywin32 module.

Basic use:

from filedialogs import save_file_dialog, open_file_dialog, open_folder_dialog

open_path = open_file_dialog()
if open_path:
    with open(open_path, "r") as f:
        ...

save_path = save_file_dialog()
if save_path:
    with open(save_path, "w") as f:
        ...

open_folder = open_folder_dialog()
if open_folder:
    with open(os.path.join(open_folder, ...), "w") as f:
        ...

Documentation:

open_file_dialog

  • title: str - Dialog title. Default is no title.
  • directory: str - Directory to open file dialog in. Default is the current working directory.
  • default_name: str - Default file name on dialog open. Default is empty.
  • default_ext: str - Default file extension on dialog open. Default is no extension.
  • ext: list[tuple[str, str | tuple[str, ...]]] - List of available extensions as (description, extension) tuples. Default is ("All files", "*").
  • multiselect: bool - Allow multiple files to be selected. Default is False.

Returns: Path to a file to open if multiselect=False. List of the paths to files which should be opened if multiselect=True. None if file open dialog canceled.

Raises: IOError - File open dialog failed.


save_file_dialog

  • title: str - Dialog title. Default is no title.
  • directory: str - Directory to open file dialog in. Default is the current working directory.
  • default_name: str - Default file name on dialog open. Default is empty.
  • default_ext: str - Default file extension on dialog open. Default is no extension.
  • ext: list[tuple[str, str | tuple[str, ...]]] - List of available extensions as (description, extension) tuples. Default is ("All files", "*").

Returns: Path file should be save to. None if file save dialog canceled.

Raises: IOError - File save dialog failed.


open_folder_dialog

  • title: str - Dialog title. Default is no title.
  • encoding: str - Encoding for the folder. Default is Latin-1.

Returns: Path to folder. None if no folder selected.


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