ENTRY IN TKINTER

In this tutorial, we will learn about the entry widget in Tkinter and how we can set them with their respective labels followed by a handy example

What is Entry in Tkinter?

The Entry widget in Tkinter is used to accept one-line text strings as an input. In order to create the entry field, we declare it as:

entry_tkinter = Entry( window, features)

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Entry features and properties are:

1	bg	Shows the background color of the entry field
2	bd	Shows the border width of the entry field
3	cursor	You can use the cursor as different shapes on the screen as circle, dot etc.
4	exportselection	The text that you place inside the entry field will be always copied to the clipboard. To avoid this, set exportselection to 0.
5	fg	Shows the color of the text entered in the entry field.
6	font	Displays the type of font that you want to use in your entry field.
7	highlightbackground	It represents the color to display in the traversal highlight region when the widget does not have the input focus.
8	highlightcolor	It shows the highlight color of the entry widget when it is clicked.
9	justify	Justifies the text present inside the entry field.
10	relief	Defines the border style to be used for the entry widget.
11	selectbackground	Displays the background of the text selected
12	selectborderwidth	Dsiplays the width of the border present on the text selected.
13	selectforeground	Displays the font color of the text selected
14	show	Used to display different types of text entry. In order to enter password in the field, declare show=”*”
15	state	This represents DISABLED or ACTIVE state of the entry widget
16	textvariable	In order to fetch text from your entry field, set this option to StringVar
17	width	Shows the width of the checkbutton.
18	xscrollcommand	If users want to add more text to the entry field in a horizontal direction, make sure you use this option.

Creating Entry Fields with Labels

import tkinter as tk
screen = tk.Tk()

#Screen size
screen.geometry('300x300')

#Name Label
label1_tk = tk.Label(screen, text="Name")
label1_tk.pack()

#Name Entry
entry1_tk = tk.Entry(screen, bd = 5)
entry1_tk.pack()

#password Label
label1_tk = tk.Label(screen, text="Password")
label1_tk.pack()

#Password Entry
entry2_tk = tk.Entry(screen, bd = 5, show="*")
entry2_tk.pack()

screen.mainloop()

Output: