diff --git a/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_components.py b/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_components.py
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+++ b/pype/tools/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_components.py
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+from . import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtGui
+from . import DropDataFrame
+
+class ComponentsWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
+    def __init__(self, parent):
+        super().__init__()
+        body = QtWidgets.QWidget()
+        self.parent_widget = parent
+        self.drop_frame = DropDataFrame(self)
+
+        buttons = QtWidgets.QWidget()
+
+        layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout(buttons)
+
+        self.btn_browse = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Browse')
+        self.btn_browse.setToolTip('Browse for file(s).')
+
+        self.btn_publish = QtWidgets.QPushButton('Publish')
+        self.btn_publish.setToolTip('Publishes data.')
+
+        layout.addWidget(self.btn_browse, alignment=QtCore.Qt.AlignLeft)
+        layout.addWidget(self.btn_publish, alignment=QtCore.Qt.AlignRight)
+
+        layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(body)
+        layout.setSpacing(0)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        layout.addWidget(self.drop_frame)
+        layout.addWidget(buttons)
+
+        layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self)
+        layout.setSpacing(0)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        layout.addWidget(body)
+
+        self.btn_browse.clicked.connect(self._browse)
+        # self.setStyleSheet("border: 1px solid black;")
+
+    def set_valid(self, in_bool):
+        self.btn_publish.setEnabled(in_bool)
+
+    def set_valid_components(self, in_bool):
+        self.parent_widget.set_valid_components(in_bool)
+
+    def _browse(self):
+        options = [
+            QtWidgets.QFileDialog.DontResolveSymlinks,
+            QtWidgets.QFileDialog.DontUseNativeDialog
+        ]
+        folders = False
+        if folders:
+            # browse folders specifics
+            caption = "Browse folders to publish image sequences"
+            file_mode = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Directory
+            options.append(QtWidgets.QFileDialog.ShowDirsOnly)
+        else:
+            # browse files specifics
+            caption = "Browse files to publish"
+            file_mode = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.ExistingFiles
+
+        # create the dialog
+        file_dialog = QtWidgets.QFileDialog(parent=self, caption=caption)
+        file_dialog.setLabelText(QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Accept, "Select")
+        file_dialog.setLabelText(QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Reject, "Cancel")
+        file_dialog.setFileMode(file_mode)
+
+        # set the appropriate options
+        for option in options:
+            file_dialog.setOption(option)
+
+        # browse!
+        if not file_dialog.exec_():
+            return
+
+        # process the browsed files/folders for publishing
+        paths = file_dialog.selectedFiles()
+        self.drop_frame._process_paths(paths)