tkScrolledText101.py

   1 import tkinter as tk
   2 import tkinter.scrolledtext as tkst
   3
   4 root=tk.Tk()
   5 root.title("ScrolledText")
   6 frame=tk.Frame(root,bg='brown')
   7 frame.pack(fill='both',expand='yes')
   8
   9 edit_space=tkst.ScrolledText(
  10     master=frame,
  11     wrap='word', # wrap text at full words only
  12     width=25,    # characters
  13     height=10,   # text lines
  14     bg='beige',   # background color of edit area
  15 )
  16 # the padx/pady space will form a frame
  17 edit_space.pack(fill='both',expand=True,padx=8,pady=8)
  18
  19 mytext='''\
  20 Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
  21
  22 Man who run in front of tire, get tired.
  23
  24 Man who run behind car, get exhausted.
  25
  26 The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents.
  27 '''
  28
  29 edit_space.insert('insert',mytext)
  30
  31 root.mainloop()