File Manager in Tkinter

[John]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:40:53 +0200, Eric Brunel
<eric.brunel at pragmadev.com> wrote:

>In article <d4m1661blus6baj1lrd37j5vk4dau350jj at 4ax.com>, John wrote:
>
>> As a learning exercise in Tkinter I htought about making a very simple
>> and basic file manager for my own use. I tried searching google for
>> any sample project and could not find anything. Not exactly  sure how
>> to start I tought I could ask here? 
>> 
>> I thought about making two listboxes one to list folders only the
>> other files inside. I tried to make one listbox first but did not know
>> how to list folders only.
>
>You just have to filter them explicitely by using os.path.isdir on each 
>file name.
>
>> from Tkinter import *
>> import os
>> path = "D:\\"
>> 
>> 
>> s = Scrollbar()
>> L = Listbox()
>> 
>> s.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)
>> L.pack(side=LEFT, fill=Y)
>> 
>> s.config(command=L.yview)
>> L.config(yscrollcommand=s.set)
>> 
>> for filename in os.listdir(path):
>
>Add here:
>   if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(path, filename)):
>>   L.insert(END, filename)
>> 
>> mainloop()
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a way to list folders with images?
>
>AFAIK, not with a Listbox. You can do it with a Canvas, but it's much 
>more complicated than using a Listbox, so maybe you should try to make 
>your Listbox-only version works first.
>
>> Any suggestions or help how to proced would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Thank you
>
>Good luck!

Thank you both for the suggestions. Have you ever tried to make one?