Tk Search widget in a Lbox

[bona25]

Hello! Can somebody help me in creating SEARCH button/widget in a tkinter listbox? I need to create one inside the listbox, thus, if input data/entry has been found, cursor will automatically be on the searched item.

Here's my current tk listbox:

from Tkinter import*
import tkMessageBox
import ttk
import Tkinter
 
 
def myListbox():
    top = Tk()
    top.title('This is it!')
    top.geometry('200x150+200+150')
 
    Lb1 = Listbox(top)
    Lb1.insert(1, "Aileen")
    Lb1.insert(2, "Hazel")
    Lb1.insert(3, "Rubie")
    Lb1.insert(4, "Mizchell")
    Lb1.insert(5, "Juvy")
    Lb1.insert(6, "Arlene")
    Lb1.insert(7, "Neil")
    Lb1.insert(8, "Rey")
    Lb1.insert(9, "Tricia")
    Lb1.insert(10, "Alona")
    Lb1.insert(11, "Melanie")
    Lb1.insert(12, "Mecca")
    Lb1.insert(13, "Ladera")
    Lb1.insert(14, "Anna")
 
    Lb1.pack()
    top.mainloop()     
 
def quitter():
    if tkMessageBox.askokcancel('Verify Exit', 'Are you sure you want to quit?'):
        quit()
 
app=Tk()
app.title('My Tkinter')
app.geometry('400x300+400+300')
 
button1=Button(app, text=' Listbox ', bg='white', fg='red',width=20, command=myListbox)
buttonfont=('georgia',12,'bold')
button1.config(font=buttonfont)
button1.pack(side='top',padx=35, pady=55)
 
button1=Button(app, text='Logout', bg='maroon', fg='white',width=20, relief=RAISED, command=quitter)
buttonfont=('georgia',12,'bold')
button1.config(font=buttonfont)
button1.pack(side='bottom', padx=15,pady=15)
 
app.mainloop()

Thanks for the help!!!!

[dwblas]

Use a list to hold the names. You can then use a list's index method to find the offset number, which you pass to itemconfig() to highlight the line, which means change the background color. Note that if you want to search for another name, you will have to reset the background color where necessary. Also, use Toplevel instead of 2 Tk() instances as 2 instances can confuse Tkinter as to which widget belongs to which instance. If you have not looked at classes yet you should, as this code would be much better in a class structure. A good Tkinter reference http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/

from Tkinter import *
import tkMessageBox
import ttk
# import Tkinter       Duplicate import
 
def myListbox():
    top = Toplevel()
    top.title('This is it!')
    top.geometry('200x150+200+150')
 
    list_of_names=["Aileen", "Hazel", "Rubie"]
    Lb1 = Listbox(top)
    for ctr, name in enumerate(list_of_names):
         Lb1.insert(ctr, name)
    Lb1.pack()
 
    ## simulate "Hazel" was selected
    Lb1.itemconfig(1, background="lightgray")
    top.mainloop() 
 
def quitter():
    if tkMessageBox.askokcancel('Verify Exit', 'Are you sure you want to quit?'):
        quit()
 
app=Tk()
app.title('My Tkinter')
app.geometry('400x300+400+300')
 
button1=Button(app, text=' Listbox ', bg='white', fg='red',width=20, command=myListbox)
buttonfont=('georgia',12,'bold')
button1.config(font=buttonfont)
button1.pack(side='top',padx=35, pady=55)
 
button1=Button(app, text='Logout', bg='maroon', fg='white',width=20, relief=RAISED, command=quitter)
buttonfont=('georgia',12,'bold')
button1.config(font=buttonfont)
button1.pack(side='bottom', padx=15,pady=15)
 
app.mainloop()