Entry Class Reference

Entry widget which allows displaying simple text. More...

Inheritance diagram for Entry:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__ (self, parent, x, y, w, h, pad=0, content="", command=None)
	The constructor. More...
def	config (self, cnf=None, **kw)
	Configures resources of a widget. More...
def	get_config (self, key)
	Returns the value for the key resource. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Widget
def	activate (self)
	Sets the state of the widget to NORMAL. More...
def	deactivate (self)
	Sets the state of the widget to DISABLED. More...
def	destroy (self)
	Overrides the BaseWidget method, unmapping the widget if its parent is a _embedVerFrame. More...
def	enabled (self)
	Returns True if the widget is enabled. More...
def	get_content (self)
	Returns the content of the widget as a string. More...
def	hide (self)
	Hides the widget. More...
def	init_content (self, content)
	Sets the content type for the widget. More...
def	resize (self, x=None, y=None, w=None, h=None, pad=None)
	Changes the dimensions of the widget. More...
def	set_content (self, content)
	Sets the content of the widget. More...
def	show (self)
	Shows a previously hidden widget. More...
def	visible (self)
	Returns True if the widget is visible. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Misc
def	bind (self, sequence=None, func=None, add=None)
	Redefines the tk.Misc.bind() method. More...
def	get_winfo (self, key)
	Returns the widget info for the item key. More...
def	has_option (self, opt=None)
	Returns True if the widget admits the given option. More...
def	parent (self)
	Returns the widget parent. More...
def	toplevel (self)
	Returns the widget toplevel container (a Window or Main). More...
def	unbind (self, sequence, funcid=None)
	Redefines the tk.Misc.unbind() method. More...
def	winfo_bh (self)
	Returns the height of the widget bounding box. More...
def	winfo_bpad (self)
	Returns the list of the four pad amounts (E-N-W-S) of the widget with respect to its bounding box. More...
def	winfo_bw (self)
	Returns the width of the widget bounding box. More...
def	winfo_bx (self)
	Returns the x coordinate of the widget bounding box topleft corner. More...
def	winfo_by (self)
	Returns the y coordinate of the widget bounding box topleft corner. More...
def	winfo_height (self)
	Returns the widget height. More...
def	winfo_width (self)
	Returns the widget width. More...
def	winfo_x (self)
	Returns the x coordinate of the topleft corner of the widget with respect to the parent. More...
def	winfo_y (self)
	Returns the y coordinate of the topleft corner of the widget with respect to the parent. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Attributes inherited from Misc
def	winfo_h = winfo_height
	Alias for winfo_height() More...
def	winfo_w = winfo_width
	Alias for winfo_width() More...

Detailed Description

Entry widget which allows displaying simple text.

**Common options** (see \ref ATTRIBUTES)

     bcolor, borderwidth, cursor, font, fcolor, hbcolor, hborder,
     hfcolor, ibcolor, justify, relief, sbcolor, sfcolor, state,
     takefocus, textvariable

**Less common options** 

     exportselection, insertborderwidth, insertofftime, insertontime,
     insertwidth, invalidcommand, selectborderwidth, show, validate,
     validatecommand, xscrollcommand.

see <a href="https://anzeljg.github.io/rin2/book2/2405/docs/tkinter/entry.html">anzeljg reference</a>
for the class **tkinter.Entry**
\see \ref Entry.py example file

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__init__()

def __init__	(		self,
			parent,
			x,
			y,
			w,
			h,
			pad = 0,
			content = "",
			command = None
	)

The constructor.

You can specify here the initial content of the entry and a callback to associate with the Return. Moreover, every time you modify the entry string a <<ChangedVar>> event is generated, which you can bind to a callback.

Parameters

self	the object instance
parent	the widget parent
x,y,w,h,pad	see Placing the widgets
content	the initial text of the entry. Here you can specify a string: an internal StringVar is created a StringVar: this become the associated StringVar
command	see Events and callbacks

Reimplemented from Widget.

Member Function Documentation

config()

def config	(		self,
			cnf = None,
		**	kw
	)

Configures resources of a widget.

We need to redefine this for this class. See Nictk.Widget.config().

Reimplemented from Misc.

get_config()

def get_config	(		self,
			key
	)

Returns the value for the key resource.

We need to redefine this for this class. See Nictk.Widget.get_config().

Reimplemented from Misc.

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