You can use the textvariable option for the Entry widget. Set a bind event for this widget that when any key pressed the StringVar() will be polled via StringVar().get(). You do some checking for certain chars you don't want entered and then delete them as they occur.
Harlin "phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a Tkinter entry field (or Pmw entry) > how could I eat charactres? > > Say a certain char is keyed in. Say & > I notice in the event handler for <key>. > I don't want any more charactres to display or > be in the field until I handle a see, in the > event handler, another character. Say ? > > Can the event handler somehow destroy the char? > > Thanks > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
