If you do, make sure that the insertwidth attribute is at least twice that value.īy default, the insertion cursor blinks. 12)) by setting insertborderwidth to the dimension of the 3-d border. You can get the cursor with the RAISED relief effect (see Section 5.6, 'Relief styles' (p. 9).īy default, the insertion cursor is a simple rectangle. To get a different color of insertion cursor, set insertbackground to any color see Section 5.3, 'Colors' (p. 106).Ĭolor shown in the focus highlight when the widget has the focus.īy default, the insertion cursor (which shows the point within the text where new keyboard input will be inserted) is black. See Section 29, 'Focus: routing keyboard input' (p. 10).Ĭolor of the focus highlight when the widget does not have focus. The font used for text entered in the widget by the user. To avoid this exportation, use exportselec-tion=0. For option values, see fg below.īy default, if you select text within an Entry widget, it is automatically exported to the clipboard. The foreground color to be displayed when the widget is in the DISABLED state. The background color to be displayed when the widget is in the DISABLED state. The cursor used when the mouse is within the entry widget see Section 5.8, 'Cursors' (p. The width of the border around the entry area see Section 5.1, 'Dimensions' (p. The background color inside the entry area. To create a new Entry widget in a root window or frame named parent: This constructor returns the new Entry widget. Such an index will specify the character at that horizontal mouse position. To simplify that process, you can use as an index a string of the form where n is the horizontal distance in pixels between the left edge of the Entry widget and the mouse. You may need to figure out which character position in the widget corresponds to a given mouse position.The constant ANCHOR refers to the first character of the selection, if there is a selection.The constant INSERT refers to the current position of the insertion cursor.The constant END refers to the position after the existing text.As normal Python indexes, starting from 0.There are several ways to specify an index: Positions within the widget's displayed text are given as an index.You can customize its appearance in several ways. It usually appears as a blinking vertical line inside the widget. It is displayed only when the user clicks the mouse somewhere in the widget. The insertion cursor shows where new text will be inserted.You can also select text in an Entry under program control. However, Tkinter allows you to control whether or not selected text gets copied to the clipboard. Typically the selection is made by the user with the mouse, and selected text is copied to the system's clipboard. The selection is a highlighted region of the text in an Entry widget, if there is one.If you want to display one or more lines of text that cannot be modified by the user, see Section 11, 'The Label widget' (p.

If you want to display multiple lines of text that can be edited, see Section 23, 'The Text widget' (p.The purpose of an Entry widget is to let the user see and modify a single line of text.

Entry widget icursor