tkinter get entry text code example

Example 1: how to add input box in tkinter

from tkinter import *

window = Tk()
# entry box
my_input = Entry()
my_input.pack()

window.mainloop()

Example 2: set text entry tkinter

pythonCopyimport tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("400x50")

def setTextInput(text):
    textExample.delete(0,"end")
    textExample.insert(0, text)

textExample = tk.Entry(root)
textExample.pack()

btnSet = tk.Button(root, height=1, width=10, text="Set", 
                    command=lambda:setTextInput("new content"))
btnSet.pack()

root.mainloop()

Example 3: tkinter entry

from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
entry = Entry(root)
print(entry.get()) # Would print entry data in CL

Example 4: read value from entry tkinter

#ent is the name of the Entry
s = ent.get()