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Disable entry field and still see value
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Disable entry field and still see value
#1
Is there a way to disable an entry field and yet still see the value in it? For Tkinter.
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#2
Haven't tested it. But what a search turned up.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1987...able-entry
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#3
Yeh. I know how to disable the entry but when it's disabled, I still need to see the value in the entry field.
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#4
This works
import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()
en = tk.Entry(root)
en.insert(0, 'some text here')
en.configure(state=tk.DISABLED)
en.pack()
root.mainloop()
I welcome all feedback.
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#5
That worked. Thank you!
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#6
On a side note you can change the foreground and background colors in the configure

en.configure(state='tk.DISABLED', disabledbackground='white', disabledforeground='red')
I welcome all feedback.
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