[Tutor] Entry widgets

[Michael Lange]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:07:48 +1000
"Diana Hawksworth" <dianahawks at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> Is it possible to change the width of an Entry widget - or not?  I am using Tkinter, GUI - and have an Entry widget that accepts a number. I just don't want it to extend the width of the column.  I have tried width =  - but get an error.
> 

You should be able to use the width option as for any other widget:

    e = Entry(parent, width=5)
or
    e.configure(width=5)

What exactly did you write, and what was the error? 


> Maybe a text widget would be preferable?
> 

If you just want one line to enter a number, I don't think so.

> Also - how do I set the insertion symbol there already, so I don't need to click there to enter the number?
> 

You can use focus_set():

    e = Entry(parent)
    e.focus_set()

> TIA. Diana

I hope this helps

Michael