[Tkinter-discuss] putting a series of hyperlinks in a text widget

[Alexnb]

You know, I think this is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks for your help!


Mick O'Donnell wrote:
> 
> Dear Alex,
> 
>     I think you are on to a valid solution: tag each anchor.
> 
> I would use 2 tags:
> 
> 1) A general tag called for example 'link', which you config
>     a) to present itself as a link (e.g., in blue, underlines)
>     b) to respond to events, e.g., ButtonRelease
> 
> 2) a tag for each individual link, which could be an integer
> indicating which link it is (e.g., the position of the url in a list
> of  urls).
> 
> When you insert the text of the anchor in the widget, specify: ('link',
> str(i))
> 
> The action bound to the ButtonRelease event can recover which link was
> pressed,
> and recover the appropriate url to follow.
> 
> E.g.
> 
> from Tkinter import *
> master = Tk()
> 
> LINKS=("http://www.python.org", "http://www.heaven.com")
> 
> def showLink(event):
>     idx= int(event.widget.tag_names(CURRENT)[1])
>     print LINKS[idx]
> 
> txt=Text(master)
> txt.pack(expand=True, fill="both")
> txt.insert(END, "Press ")
> txt.insert(END, "here ", ('link', str(0)))
> txt.insert(END, "for Python. Press ")
> txt.insert(END, "here ", ('link', str(1)))
> txt.insert(END, "for Heaven.")
> txt.tag_config('link', foreground="blue")
> txt.tag_bind('link', '<Button-1>', showLink)
> 
> master.mainloop()
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Alexnb <alexnbryan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am having trouble figuring out the best way to do this and would love
>> some
>> help.
>>
>> What I need to do is to create clickable links in a text widget, but
>> there
>> will be at max 40. They will all be different. I am wondering what is the
>> best way to create a clickable unique url in a text widget. I know that
>> you
>> can bind tags, but the problem with that is since each url is unique that
>> would mean 40 tags to get what I want... at least, as far as I know,
>> there
>> might be a way to do it that I just don't know.
>>
>> Sorry if I am being vague, I just don't know what else to say. If you
>> need
>> any extra info just reply I would be happy to provide.
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