Demo/tkinter/matt/entry-simple.py

   1 from Tkinter import *
   2 import string
   3
   4 # This program  shows how to use a simple type-in box
   5
   6 class App(Frame):
   7     def __init__(self, master=None):
   8         Frame.__init__(self, master)
   9         self.pack()
  10
  11         self.entrythingy = Entry()
  12         self.entrythingy.pack()
  13
  14         # and here we get a callback when the user hits return. we could
  15         # make the key that triggers the callback anything we wanted to.
  16         # other typical options might be <Key-Tab> or <Key> (for anything)
  17         self.entrythingy.bind('<Key-Return>', self.print_contents)
  18
  19     def print_contents(self, event):
  20         print "hi. contents of entry is now ---->", self.entrythingy.get()
  21
  22 root = App()
  23 root.master.title("Foo")
  24 root.mainloop()
  25