neil-brown/tkpredictiveentry

A tkinter Entry widget that provides predictive text assistance.

tkPredictiveEntry

A tkinter Entry widget that provides predictive text assistance.

Requirements

• Windows, Mac or Linux
• Python 2.7 or 3.x with tkinter

Installation

Place entry.py into your project directory: from entry import Entry

Documentation

 my_entry = Entry(window=window)
 my_entry.pack()

Places the Entry into the parent provided. Any of the three geometry managers: "pack", "grid", or "place" can be used.

Optional keyword arguments:

• font

  • Takes a tuple of family name and font size
  • Defaults to ("Arial", 12)

• text

  • The text to display when the entry is empty and has no focus
  • Defaults to "Search"

• inactive_foreground

  • The font color to use for predictive text
  • Defaults to grey

• active_foreground =

  • Font color for user input
  • Defaults to "back"

• width =

  • The width of the Entry widget
  • Defaults to 15

• predictive_list =

  • A list string terms from which the predictive text is to be supplied

Example

 import tkinter as tk

 from entry import Entry


 class Main(tk.Tk):
     def __init__(self):
         tk.Tk.__init__(self)
         self.entry = Entry(window=self,
                              inactive_foreground="grey",
                              active_foreground="black",
                              font=("Arial", 20),
                              text="Display message",
                              predictive_list = [
                                                 "Michael Jackson",
                                                 "George Michael",
                                                 "Tom Cruise",
                              ]

         )
         self.entry.pack(fill=None, expand=False)

 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main = Main()
     main.mainloop()