Options

The Entry widget support the following options:

Table 24-1. Entry Options

Option

Type

Description

background (bg)

color

Widget background.

borderwidth (bd)

distance

Border width.

cursor

cursor

Widget cursor. The default is a text insertion cursor (typically an "I beam" cursor, e.g. xterm).

exportselection

flag

If true, selected text is automatically exported to the clipboard. Default is true.

font

font

Widget font. The default is system specific.

foreground (fg)

color

Text color.

highlightbackground, highlightcolor

color

Controls how to draw the focus highlight border. When the widget has focus, the border is drawn in the highlightcolor color. Otherwise, it is drawn in the highlightbackground color. The defaults are system specific.

highlightthickness

distance

Controls the width of the focus highlight border. Default is typically one or two pixels.

insertbackground

color

Color used for the insertion cursor.

insertborderwidth

color

insertofftime, insertontime

int

Controls cursor blinking.

insertwidth

int

Width of the insertion cursor.

justify

const

relief

const

Border decoration. The default is FLAT. Other possible values are SUNKEN, RAISED, GROOVE, and RIDGE.

selectbackground

color

Selection background color. The default is system and display specific.

selectborderwidth

int

Selection border width. The default is system specific.

selectforeground

color

Selection text color. The default is system and display specific.

show

character

Controls how to display the contents of the widget. If non-empty, the widget displays a string of characters instead of the actual contents. To get a password entry widget, use "*".

state

const

One of NORMAL or DISABLED. Default is NORMAL. Note that if you set this to DISABLED, calls to insert or delete are ignored.

takefocus

flag

Indicates that the user can use the Tab key to move to this widget. Default is an empty string, which means that the canvas accepts focus only if it has any keyboard bindings (default is on, in other words).

textvariable

variable

width

int

xscrollcommand

callback