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cannot type in textbox - msteffes - Jul-26-2018
Hello All,
I am new to Python and have found my first head scratcher. I expect to find a have stumbled into some rookie mistake.
The below code creates a texbox that I can enter text in, highlight, copy ...
if I un-comment the file dialog portion of code the text box will no longer accept keyboard entry.
I have replicated this in 3.7 using Idle and 3.6 using Thonny.
What am I missing, or doing wrong.
from tkinter import filedialog
from tkinter import *
#build form
frmMain = Tk()
Tb1 = Text(frmMain,bd=10,height=12)
Tb1.grid(row=0,column=0,padx=10,pady=10,sticky=W+E)
##frmMain.filename = filedialog.askopenfilename(initialdir = "/",title = "Select file",filetypes = (("CSV files","*.csv"),("all files","*.*")))
##NameOfFile = frmMain.filename
##f = open(NameOfFile,"r")
##f.close
frmMain.mainloop()
RE: cannot type in textbox - woooee - Jul-27-2018
The computer can only run one thing at a time, unless you specifically program it to do multiple things. Therefor, while the filedialog is running you can not do anything else until it has returned to the calling program.
RE: cannot type in textbox - msteffes - Jul-28-2018
It is not clear to me how to correct this. Can anyone provide a basic example of using a file dialog as part of a larger form.