Python GUI Tk : Text

 Text with ScrollBar

import Tkinter

root = Tkinter.Tk()
s = Tkinter.Scrollbar(root)
T = Tkinter.Text(root)

T.focus_set()
s.pack(side=Tkinter.RIGHT, fill=Tkinter.Y)
T.pack(side=Tkinter.LEFT, fill=Tkinter.Y)
s.config(command=T.yview)
T.config(yscrollcommand=s.set)

for i in range(40): 
   T.insert(Tkinter.END, "This is line %d\n" % i)

Tkinter.mainloop()

Draw text

from Tkinter import *

canvas = Canvas(width=300, height=300, bg='white')   
canvas.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)                   

canvas.create_text(100, 280, text='Ham')             

mainloop()

Draw text with font

from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
#root.option_readfile('optionDB')
root.title('Canvas')
canvas = Canvas(root, width =400, height=400)

canvas.create_text(350,150, text='text', fill='yellow', font=('verdana', 36))

canvas.pack()
root.mainloop()

Scrolled Text

from Tkinter import * 

class ScrolledText(Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent=None, text='', file=None):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)                 
        self.makewidgets()
        self.settext(text, file)

    def makewidgets(self):
        sbar = Scrollbar(self)
        text = Text(self, relief=SUNKEN)
        sbar.config(command=text.yview)               
        text.config(yscrollcommand=sbar.set)           
        sbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)                 
        text.pack(side=LEFT, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)  
        self.text = text

    def settext(self, text='', file=None):
        if file: 
            text = open(file, 'r').read()
        self.text.delete('1.0', END)                 
        self.text.insert('1.0', text)               
        self.text.mark_set(INSERT, '1.0')          
        self.text.focus()                           

    def gettext(self):                             
        return self.text.get('1.0', END+'-1c')      
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = Tk()
    try:
        st = ScrolledText(file=sys.argv[1])            
    except IndexError:
        st = ScrolledText(text='Words\ngo here')      
    def show(event): print repr(st.gettext())          
    root.bind('<Key-Escape>', show)                  
    root.mainloop()

Change color for tags

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
def hello(event): 
   print 'Hi'

text = Text()
text.config(font=('courier', 15, 'normal'))                
text.config(width=20, height=12)
text.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
text.insert(END, 'Lin 1\n\nLin 2\n\nLin 3.\n\n')  


text.tag_add('demo', '1.5', '1.7')                      
text.tag_add('demo', '3.0', '3.3')                      
text.tag_add('demo', '5.3', '5.7')                       
text.tag_config('demo', background='purple')             
text.tag_config('demo', foreground='white')             
text.tag_config('demo', font=('times', 16, 'underline')) 
text.tag_bind('demo', '<Double-1>', hello)              

root.mainloop()

Change font for Text

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
def hello(event): 
  print 'HI'

text = Text()
text.config(font=('courier', 15, 'normal'))               
text.config(width=20, height=12)
text.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
text.insert(END, 'Lin 1\n\nLin 2\n\nLin 3.\n\n')  


text.tag_add('demo', '1.5', '1.7')                      
text.tag_add('demo', '3.0', '3.3')                      
text.tag_add('demo', '5.3', '5.7')                       
text.tag_config('demo', font=('times', 16, 'underline')) 
text.tag_bind('demo', '<Double-1>', hello)              
root.mainloop()

Add double click action to a Text

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
def hello(event): print 'Got tag event'


text = Text()
text.config(font=('courier', 15, 'normal'))                 
text.config(width=20, height=12)
text.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
text.insert(END, 'Lin 1\n\nLin 2\n\nLin 3.\n\n')  


text.tag_add('demo', '1.5', '1.7')                      
text.tag_add('demo', '3.0', '3.3')                      
text.tag_add('demo', '5.3', '5.7')                      
text.tag_bind('demo', '<Double-1>', hello)              
root.mainloop()

Insert String to a Text

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
def hello(event): print 'Got tag event'

text = Text()
text.config(font=('courier', 15, 'normal'))            
text.config(width=20, height=12)
text.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
text.insert(END, 'Lin 1\n\nLin 2\n\nLin 3.\n\n')  

root.mainloop()

Text properties: expand and fill

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
def hello(event): print 'Got tag event'

text = Text()
text.config(font=('courier', 15, 'normal'))
text.config(width=20, height=12)
text.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
text.insert(END, 'Lin 1\n\nLin 2\n\nLin 3.\n\n')  

root.mainloop()