PySimpleGUI > file_types() not working on macOS

Question

file_types() is not available on macOS.

While browsing it should only show PNG files.

Does anyone know an alternative way to browse through multiple PNG files?

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# /usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import PySimpleGUI as sg

def main():

    layout = [
             [sg.FilesBrowse(button_text='Galaxie(n) hochladen', file_types=('.png'), key='_FILES_')],
             [sg.OK(),
              sg.Cancel()]
             ]

    window = sg.Window('Vorverarbeitung', layout, background_color='#1e1e1e')

    while True:
        event, values = window.read()
        print(values['_FILES_'].split(';'))
        if event in (None, 'Exit'):
            break
    window.close()

Jason Yang · Answer 1 · 2021-08-31T12:07:12.797

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file_types=('.png')    # value in str format

Wrong MacOS format for option file_types, should be in Tuple[(str, str), ...]

file_types=(
    ('All PNG Files', '*.png'), 
    ('All Files', '*.*'),
)

Revised code

# /usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import PySimpleGUI as sg

def main():

    layout = [
        [sg.Input(key='_INPUT_'),
         sg.FilesBrowse(button_text='Galaxie(n) hochladen', file_types=(('All PNG Files', '*.png'), ('All Files', '*.*')), key='_FILES_')],
        [sg.OK(),
         sg.Cancel()],
    ]

    window = sg.Window('Vorverarbeitung', layout, background_color='#1e1e1e')

    while True:
        event, values = window.read()
        if event in (None, 'Exit'):
            break
        print(values['_INPUT_'].split(';'))
        print(values['_FILES_'].split(';'))

    window.close()

main()

It looks like this option turned off in PySimpleGUI for running on MacOS with problem.

            if running_mac():
                file_name = tk.filedialog.askopenfilenames(initialdir=self.InitialFolder)
            else:
                file_name = tk.filedialog.askopenfilenames(filetypes=filetypes, initialdir=self.InitialFolder, parent=self.ParentForm.TKroot)

edited Aug 31 '21 at 12:07

answered Aug 31 '21 at 04:15

Jason Yang

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Thank you @Jaon Yang, but it's still not working :/ – Aug 31 '21 at 04:46
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Maybe there're still something wrong in your new code, update as above. – Jason Yang Aug 31 '21 at 05:07
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Still wrong ? what's it ? No any information about it, you may get nothing return. Remember not to tell the failure in your words only, like the wrong title of this issue. – Jason Yang Aug 31 '21 at 06:52
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I agree, it doesn't work on Mac (my is Big Sur 11.4, Python 3.9). @Jason, with your code, I can still see all the file types next to each other (.txt, .pdf, .gif, .png, .log, .yaml ...). In my app, it also doesn't work. This seems to be a macOS bug, see also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58799432/macos-tkinter-how-does-filetypes-of-askopenfilename-work (other than in this example, I don't get any visible Filter at all). – Lenka Čížková Aug 31 '21 at 11:37

Mike from PSG · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-31T13:04:56.423

In the main PySimpleGUI documentation, if you search for file_types you'll find this:

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PySimpleGUI > file_types() not working on macOS

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