Root: text_input: text_input BoxLayout: orientation: 'vertical' BoxLayout: size_hint_y: None height: 30 Button: text: 'Load' on_release: root.show_load() Button: text: 'Save' on_release: root.show_save() BoxLayout: TextInput: id: text_input text: '' RstDocument: text: text_input.text show_errors: True : BoxLayout: size: root.size pos: root.pos orientation: "vertical" FileChooserListView: id: filechooser BoxLayout: size_hint_y: None height: 30 Button: text: "Cancel" on_release: root.cancel() Button: text: "Load" on_release: root.load(filechooser.path, filechooser.selection) : text_input: text_input BoxLayout: size: root.size pos: root.pos orientation: "vertical" FileChooserListView: id: filechooser on_selection: text_input.text = self.selection and self.selection[0] or '' TextInput: id: text_input size_hint_y: None height: 30 multiline: False BoxLayout: size_hint_y: None height: 30 Button: text: "Cancel" on_release: root.cancel() Button: text: "Save" on_release: root.save(filechooser.path, text_input.text)