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TheMathBoi
TheMathBoi

Reputation: 143

Python TKinter Text Getting Index from Mouse Click?

I have an application I'm developing in Tkinter that requires me to get the index of a mouse click inside a tk.Text() widget. How can I do this? Specifically, I am NOT looking for coordinates, but rather the actual character index of the string in the text. I want to then add a char at that index (thus changing the text) and updating the tk.Text() widget.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1181

Answers (1)

Art
Art

Reputation: 3089

As @jasonharper already suggested, you can use text.index("@x,y") or you can even use text.index("current")

minimal example:

from tkinter import *


def handle(event):
    print(text.index(f"@{event.x},{event.y}"), text.index("current"))

root = Tk()

text = Text(root)
text.bind("<Button-1>", handle)
text.pack(expand=True, fill="both")
root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 3

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