tkinter - label widget text selection

[rahulnag22]

Hi,
I guess this is a very trivial question --
I am using a label widget to display text (black font in a white
background color). I am trying to use my mouse to scroll over the
displayed text to select it, but tkinter does not allow me to do it.
Is there a method/option to do this.
Thanks
Rahul

[Rob Wolfe]

ra********@yahoo.com writes:

Hi,
I guess this is a very trivial question --
I am using a label widget to display text (black font in a white
background color). I am trying to use my mouse to scroll over the
displayed text to select it, but tkinter does not allow me to do it.
Is there a method/option to do this.

Try to use an entry widget in read-only state:

<code>
import Tkinter as Tk
root = Tk.Tk()

ent = Tk.Entry(root, state='readonly', readonlybackground='white', fg='black')
var = Tk.StringVar()
var.set('Some text')
ent.config(textvariable=var, relief='flat')
ent.pack()
root.mainloop()
</code>

--
HTH,
Rob

[rahulnag22]

On May 6, 2:24 pm, Rob Wolfe <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] writes:

Hi,
I guess this is a very trivial question --
I am using a label widget to display text (black font in a white
background color). I am trying to use my mouse to scroll over the
displayed text to select it, buttkinterdoes not allow me to do it.
Is there a method/option to do this.

Try to use an entry widget in read-only state:

<code>
importTkinteras Tk
root = Tk.Tk()

ent = Tk.Entry(root, state='readonly', readonlybackground='white', fg='black')
var = Tk.StringVar()
var.set('Some text')
ent.config(textvariable=var, relief='flat')
ent.pack()
root.mainloop()
</code>

--
HTH,
Rob

Thanks Rob I will try it out...Rahul