Python 2.71.11 Tkinter window not closing "Application not Responding"

Question

I'm trying to open a simple file dialog to ask the user to select a file. The code I have is:

from Tkinter import Tk
from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename

Tk().withdraw()
filename = askopenfilename()
print(filename)
sys.exit(0)

The program retrieves the file name successfully, however the window remains open and does not close. The only way I can exit it is through Force Quit. I am using Mac OS X 10.11 and Python 2.7.11.

Thank you

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8009176/function-to-close-the-window-in-tkinter — gogasca, Mar 19 '16 at 03:24
`Tk().deiconify()` before `sys.exit()`. So can't destroy hiding elements. — dsgdfg, Mar 19 '16 at 08:25

Blane · Answer 1 · 2017-04-21T20:09:02.900

There seems to be some issues based on your development environment. See reference [2]. This worked for me:

from Tkinter import Tk
from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename

root = Tk() #To initialize Tkinter, we have to first create a Tk root widget
filename = askopenfilename() # store filename
# root.mainloop() may be necessary for your development environment (see [2])
root.destroy() #destroy the event loop - only required in some python environments (see [2])
print(filename)

[1] http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-hello-tkinter.htm

[2] http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-hello-again.htm

Python 2.71.11 Tkinter window not closing "Application not Responding"

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