How to make a text box in Tkinter

Tkinter is a Python module to create cross-platform GUI applications. This module comes with Python’s standard library. In this answer, we’ll learn to create a text box in Tkinter.

We will use the Entry widget to create a text box in Tkinter.

Syntax

tkinter.Entry()

Example

Let’[s take a look at an example of this.

#import tkinter module
import tkinter as tk

#create window
window = tk.Tk()

#provide size to window
window.geometry("300x300")

#add text label
tk.Label(text="Enter Name").pack()

#add text box
tk.Entry().pack()

window.mainloop()

Explanation

  • Line 2: We import the tkinker module.

  • Line 5: We create a tkinker instance and assign it to the variable window.

  • Line 8: We set the window size as 300x300.

  • Line 11: We create a label to display text.

  • Line 14: We create a text box using Entry().

Once the text box is created, we can enter text into it.

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