I’m trying to write a simple Python Tkinter file chooser that is compatible both with Python2.7 and Python3.x
Python3 Version
from tkinter import Tk from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename root = Tk() root.withdraw() filename = askopenfilename(title="Select file") root.update() root.destroy()
Python2.7 Version
from Tkinter import Tk from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename root = Tk() root.withdraw() filename = askopenfilename(title="Select file") root.update() root.destroy()
How can I come up with a unified solution?
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Answer
Try to import Tk
and askopenfilename
as for Python 3.x at first. If you get an ImportError
(there is no tkinter
and tkinter.filedialog
modules), try to import them as for Python 2.x. (from Tkinter
and tkFileDialog
modules).
Here is the example:
try: # Python 3.x from tkinter import Tk from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename except ImportError: # Python 2.x from Tkinter import Tk from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename root = Tk() root.withdraw() filename = askopenfilename(title="Select file") root.update() root.destroy()