Tkinter #5: Entry widget and its attributes

 Entry widget and its attributes

The Entry widget is used to take an input from user and store it in a variable, In the tkinter there are three types of variables are available which are written below.

• x = StringVar() # Holds a string; default value ""
• x = IntVar() # Holds an integer; default value 0
• x = DoubleVar() # Holds a float; default value 0.0
• x = BooleanVar() # Holds a boolean, returns 0 for False and 1 for True

syntax for Entry widget:

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#first we must have to define a variable and its type

x = StringVAr()

entry1 = Entry(name of window,textvariable= variable_name like x, other attributes)

entry1.pack()

# if we want to get value then use

b = x.get()

print(b)

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Attributes

·        bd: to set the border width in pixels.

·        bg: to set the normal background color.

·        cursor: to set the cursor used.

·        command: to call a function.

·        highlightcolor: to set the color shown in the focus highlight.

·        width: to set the width of the button.

·        height: to set the height of the button.