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Symon
Symon

Reputation: 2220

How do I give focus to a python Tkinter text widget?

I'd like to be able to open the App GUI and have it automatically place the cursor into a particular text widget. Best case scenario is: as soon as the app is launched someone can start typing without having to click on the text widget. This is just a small example displaying the issue:

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
Window = Frame(root)
TextWidget = Text(Window)
TextWidget.pack()
Window.pack()
root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 16

Views: 20811

Answers (1)

Fábio Diniz
Fábio Diniz

Reputation: 10363

You use the focus_set method. For example:

from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
Window = Frame(root)
TextWidget = Text(Window)
TextWidget.pack()
Window.pack()
TextWidget.focus_set()
root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 27

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