I'm still a beginner with Tkinter and I'm not quite sure how the Entry widget work. I can't seem to get the value I enter I tried binding the root window to this function but I can't figure out why it's not working.
def get_value(event):
current_obj = root.focus_get()
if (current_obj in entries):
text = current_obj.get()
data.append(text)
You can use get to get the value from the entry.
First you define the entry like this:
e = tk.Entry()
e.pack()
Then you can have a static function which gets the value of the entry by calling entry.get()
def get_entry_value(entry)
entry.get()
Alternatively, if you have multiple entries in your app which are all contained in some iterable:
def get_entries(self, event=None):
data = list()
for e in self.entries:
data.append(e.get())
return data
Related
the code below is part of a class.
def expected_callback(self,expected_val_var,index,mode):
dictionary[self.row][3] = expected_val_var
def dataType callback(self,event):
expected_val_var = StringVar()
expected_val_var.trace("w",self.expected_callback)
expected_val = Entry(self.root, width=20, textvariable= expected_val_var)
expected_val.insert(0,"Expected value")
expected_val.grid(row=self.row,column=self.col+2)
Im trying to get a text from a tkinter entry and put it inside a dictionary but I get PY_VAR(some number) instead.
I also tried dictionary[self.row][3] = expected_val_var.widget.get() but it said that str has no get(). What can I do to get the users input from expected_val entry into the dictionary?
It is because the first argument of the callback for .trace() is the internal name (string) of the tkinter variable.
If you want to pass expected_val_var (instance of StringVar) to expected_callback(), use lambda on .trace() instead:
def expected_callback(self, expected_val_var):
dictionary[self.row][3] = expected_val_var.get()
def dataType_callback(self, event):
...
expected_val_var.trace("w", lambda *args: self.expected_callback(expected_val_var)
...
not sure, shouldn't it be
dictionary[self.row][3] = expected_val.get()
but I would rename
expected_val
to something like
entry_field
for to be clearer that it is the input
element which value is to be red
and are you sure about
deff
, I know it as
def
I'm working on a small project and I'm having issues retrieving the values stored in combo boxes. The program has a "plus" button that creates additional boxes beneath the existing ones. They are created by calling a "create" function that makes a new instance of the ComboBox class, where the box is created and put onto the screen. A separate "submit" function is then supposed to loop through and retrieve all of the box values and store them in a list. My main flaw is that I used data in the variable names, but I have no clue how else to do this in this scenario. Does anyone have an alternative solution?
(there are some off screen variables that are show used here as parameters, but there are definitely not the source of the issue)
class ComboBox:
def __init__(self, master, counter, fields):
self.master = master
self.counter = counter
self.fields = fields
self.field_box = ttk.Combobox(width=20)
self.field_box["values"] = fields
self.field_box.grid(row=counter + 1, column=0, pady=5)
def get_value(self):
value = self.field_box.get()
return value
def create():
global entry_counter
name = "loop"+str(entry_counter-1)
name = ComboBox(window, entry_counter, fields)
values.append(name.get_value())
entry_counter += 1
def submit():
for i in range(1, entry_counter):
name = "loop" + str(entry_counter-1)
values.append(name.get_value())
For example, if I created 2 boxes and selected the options "test1" and "test2" I would want the my values list to contain ["test1, "test2"]
Not sure I understand the question right, but I guess you are asking about how to loop throw all instances of ComboBox. You can just create an global array, append new instance into it in create() method:
comboboxes = []
def create():
...
comboboxes.append(new_instance)
def submit():
for combobox in comboboxes:
...
You're on the right track with .get(). I believe your solution is that your get_value function also needs an event parameter:
def get_value(self, event):
value = self.field_box.get()
return value
See the following:
Getting the selected value from combobox in Tkinter
Retrieving and using a tkinter combobox selection
i am facing a problem. I'm runnig this code.
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
def check():
if len(e.get().split("a")) > 1:
print("contains a")
e = tk.Entry(frame1)
e.grid(row=4,column=1,columnspan=2,padx = (10,10), pady=(5,10), sticky="w e")
e.bind("<Key>",check)
when i type "a" to the entry I wont get nothing printed. I'll get the result by tiping a second character. I think that it happens because the function gets executed before the content has actualy changed. I tried to add a timer on the beginning of the function but it does nothing.
I want get the result by entering the first "a". What should I do?
I think that it happens because the function gets executed before the content has actualy changed.
You're right. If you want the callback to be able to see the character you just typed, you should create a StringVar and bind to that instead of binding to a "<Key>" event on the widget.
import tkinter as tk
frame1 = tk.Tk()
def check(*args):
if "a" in s.get():
print("contains a")
s = tk.StringVar()
e = tk.Entry(frame1, textvariable=s)
s.trace("w", check)
e.grid(row=4,column=1,columnspan=2,padx = (10,10), pady=(5,10), sticky="w e")
frame1.mainloop()
I've been searching around and i am not able to find a proper explanation of the syntax of OptionMenu within Tkinter.
how would i get the current chosen option with in the OptionMenu?
def homeTeamOption(self, frame, sortedList):
def func():
print(homeTeamName)
return
homeTeam = tk.StringVar(frame)
returnValueAwayTeam = []
options = sortedList
homeTeamName = tk.StringVar()
drop = OptionMenu(frame, homeTeamName, *options, command=func())
drop.place(x=200, y= 100, anchor="nw")
To get the value of the OptionMenu you need to get the value of the associated variable. In your case it would be:
homeTeamName.get()
If you want to do this via the command, you must set the option to a reference to the function:
drop = OptionMenu(...command=func)
I want to get a list of all options from an OptionMenu widget in tkinter like so:
import tkinter
root = tkinter.Tk()
var = tkinter.StringVar(root)
var.set('OptionMenu')
optionMenu = tkinter.OptionMenu(root, var, 'foo1', 'foo2')
optionMenu.pack()
listOfAllOptions = optionMenu.getOptions()
# listOfAllOptions == ['foo1', 'foo2']
root.mainloop()
Is there a function that achieve that ?
If not what is the workaround?
You can get the menu associated with the optionmenu (eg: optionMenu["menu"]), and with that you can use menu methods to get the items. It takes several lines of code. But honestly, the easiest thing to do is put the values in a list that you attach to the widget (eg: optionMenu.items = the_list_of_values)
If you want to pull the data from the actual widget, you would do something like this:
menu = optionMenu["menu"]
last = menu.index("end")
items = []
for index in range(last+1):
items.append(menu.entrycget(index, "label"))
print "items:", items