How to Show File Path with Browse Button in Python / Tkinter

Question

Working with Python and Tkinter, I have been trying to find out the way to show the file_path beside the Browse Button but unable to do so.

Here is my code:

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Answer 1

Here is a diff that fixes instead the file_path, i.e. the StringVar() usage:

--- old.py      2016-08-10 18:22:16.203016340 +0200
+++ new.py      2016-08-10 18:24:59.115328029 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@


 content = ''
-file_path = ''


 #~~~~ FUNCTIONS~~~~
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
   filename = askopenfilename()
   infile = open(filename, 'r')
   content = infile.read()
-  file_path = os.path.dirname(filename)
+  file_path.set(os.path.dirname(filename))
   return content

 def process_file(content):
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
 f2 = Frame(mf, width=600, height=250)
 f2.pack()

-file_path = StringVar
+file_path = StringVar(root)


 Label(f1,text="Select Your File (Only txt files)").grid(row=0, column=0, sticky='e')

Answer 2

First, change this line:

    Entry(f1, width=50, textvariable=file_path).grid(row=0,column=1,padx=2,pady=2,sticky='we',columnspan=25)

to this:

entry = Entry(f1, width=50, textvariable=file_path)
entry.grid(row=0,column=1,padx=2,pady=2,sticky='we',columnspan=25)

Then, in the open_file() function, add these two lines, just before the return:

entry.delete(0, END)
entry.insert(0, file_path)

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Explanation: First, we give the entry a name, so that it can be modified. Then, in the open_file() function we clear it and add the text for the file-path.