Files or Folder Browse in PySimpleGUI

Question

Is there a way to either choose one file in a folder or multiple files in a folder or just a folder (and then process all the files inside it) with PySimpleGUI? So far I've made something like this:

import PySimpleGUI as sg 
layout = [[sg.Text("Select files or folder:", sg.Input(key='-IN1-'),sg.FilesBrowse('Select')],
          [sg.Button("Ok"),sg.Button("Cancel")]]
window = sg.Window("Test_window", layout)
...

But with this code I can only choose one or multiple files in a folder, and cannot choose a folder. I want a way to choose either one file, multiple files or a folder.

There's no element/widget provide such function. You may build yourself popup to show all files/directories by using `sg.Listbox` or `sg.Table` to select both. — Jason Yang, Feb 24 '21 at 15:35

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '21 at 08:45

You can select a folder, but not both a folder or files. Here is how to select a folder:

left_col = [[sg.Text('Folder'), sg.In(size=(25,1), enable_events=True ,key='-FOLDER-'), sg.FolderBrowse()]]
layout = [[sg.Column(left_col, element_justification='c')]    
window = sg.Window('Multiple Format Image Viewer', layout,resizable=True)
     
while True:
    event, values = window.read()
    if event in (sg.WIN_CLOSED, 'Exit'):
        break
    if event == '-FOLDER-':
        folder = values['-FOLDER-']

This may not the best suggestion, but you could have two buttons [Files] [Folder] and let them select one or the other, would that work?

Files or Folder Browse in PySimpleGUI

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