[IPython-dev] Open-file dialog in the notebook for data files

[Antonino Ingargiola]

Yes, is there a widget I can use for that? If yes I must have missed it...

Antonio

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Adam Hughes <hughesadam87 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Would you be able to just use an IPython widget to get the file name?
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Antonino Ingargiola <tritemio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear ipython developers,
>>
>> I occasionally have the need to get a data file name via a GUI dialog
>> when using the notebook.
>>
>> Opening a QT dialog from the notebook involves initializing the QT gui.
>> At the same time I always use inline plots so I also need to enable the
>> inline plot backed. This can be done with
>>
>>     %gui qt
>>     %matplotlib inline
>>
>> These commands work when executed manually on different cells.
>> However, the previous commands will freeze the ipython notebook if they
>> are in the same cell or if executing the notebook with Run-All (open issue
>> #5798 <https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/5798>). The problem is
>> multi-platform and occurs both with PySide and PyQT.
>>
>> Is there any workaround for this? It really bothers me to lose the
>> ability to Run-All when I enable the QT gui.
>>
>> Alternatively would be possible to use a javascript dialog to select a
>> file on the filesystem? If yes an example would be nice.
>>
>> PS: I'm using ipython 2.x
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Antonio
>>
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