"Ant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been trying to select text in a Text widget programmatically. I
> have been trying the following minimal example:
> #=================================
> from Tkinter import *
>
> def showgui():
> win = Tk()
>
> area = Text(win, width = 50, height = 20)
> area.pack()
>
> new = """Lots of text here
> and here
> and here..."""
> area.insert("1.0", new)
>
> area.tag_add(SEL, "1.0", END)
area.focus_set()
> win.mainloop()
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
> showgui()
> #==================================
>
> The area.tag_add(...) line should - from what I have read in Frederik's
> Intro to Tkinter guide - select all of the text in the text area. It
> doesn't however...
it does, but by default, the selection is only shown for widgets that has the
key-
board focus. if you add an explicit focus_set() call, you'll see the selection.
</F>
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