# Select directory path with gradio or tkinter

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is it possible to select a directory path with gradio? I want to have a button when clicked I should be able to select directory, I tried with `tkinter` but that gives me error:

```auto
Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'NSWindow drag regions should only be invalidated on the Main Thread!

```

code

```auto
import gradio as gr
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog

def select_directory(selected_folder):
    root = tk.Tk()
    root.withdraw()
    folder_path = filedialog.askdirectory()
    selected_folder.set_value(f"Selected Directory: {folder_path}")

with gr.Blocks(analytics_enabled=False) as ui_component:
    with gr.Row():
        selected_folder = gr.Textbox("", label="Selected Folder", lines=2)
        input_files = gr.Button("Select Directory")
        input_files.click(select_directory, selected_folder)

ui_component.launch()

```