Adding an Image to a Canvas using askopenfilename()

Question

I'm trying to get a .gif image to go into a canvas after being selected from my PC using filedialog.askopenfilename(). The canvas will take the image if I:

Don't put it in a def and
Do not use the filedialog, but I can't see why this would not work...

from tkinter import *
root=Tk()
root.geometry("600x600")
root.config(background="#FFFFFF")

canvas = Canvas(width=200,height=200)
canvas.grid(row=0,column=0)


def create_image():
    profileimage = filedialog.askopenfilename()
    i = PhotoImage(file=profileimage)
    canvas.create_image(0,0,image=i)

b = Button(text="Click", command=create_image).grid(row=1,column=0)

Check if this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20061396/image-display-on-tkinter-canvas-not-working — Vinkal, Feb 28 '15 at 18:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '21 at 06:40

global i       
def create_image(self): 
    global i
    profileimage = filedialog.askopenfilename()
    i = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open(profileimage))
    canvas.create_image(0,0,image=i)

Without referencing the image in a global variable, the image is stored in a local variable of the function that gets cleared by the garbage collector.

Adding an Image to a Canvas using askopenfilename()

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