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José Chamorro
José Chamorro

Reputation: 547

Python How to update combobox values while writing?

I want to have a list of values that is updated when I edit the text on the upper text field of the ComboBox, but I have found no option to access the value of this text field.

I came up with a kind of ridiculous solution, consisting in an Entry Box stamped over the ComboBox header, so I can edit the Entry Box and bind it to get its value to update the ComboBox.

How can I do this better?

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
def Run(size=(300,100)):
    a_set=('one','two','three')
    master = tk.Tk()
    master.geometry(str(size[0])+'x'+str(size[1]))
    lista=tk.ttk.Combobox(master,width=22,values=a_set)
    lista.grid(row=0,column=0)
    def update(event):
        a=event.widget.get()
        newvalues=[i for i in a_set if a in i]
        lista['values']=newvalues
    entry=tk.Entry(master)
    entry.bind('<KeyRelease>',update)
    entry.grid(row=0,column=0)
    
    master.mainloop()
Run()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2022

Answers (2)

Art
Art

Reputation: 3079

You can use the textvariable option of the combobox.

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk


def update(*args):

    newvalues=[i for i in a_set if var.get() in i]
    lista['values']=newvalues

    
a_set=('one','two','three')
master = tk.Tk()

var = tk.StringVar()
var.trace('w', update)

lista = ttk.Combobox(master, width=22, textvariable=var)
lista.grid(row=0,column=0)
   

master.mainloop()

Upvotes: 2

user15801675
user15801675

Reputation:

Here. I think you are trying to implement autocompletion. For ttk, you have to import it separately.

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
def Run(size=(300,100)):
    a_set=('one','two','three')
    master = tk.Tk()
    master.geometry(str(size[0])+'x'+str(size[1]))
    lista=ttk.Combobox(master,width=22,values=a_set)
    lista.grid(row=1,column=0)
    def update(event):
        a=event.widget.get().lower()
        newvalues=[i for i in a_set if a in i]
        lista['values']=newvalues
    entry=tk.Entry(master)
    entry.bind('<KeyRelease>',update)
    entry.grid(row=0,column=0)
    
    master.mainloop()
Run()

Upvotes: 1

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