Background/foreground on disabled Tkinter.Entry

[Martyn Quick]

If I create a Tkinter.Entry widget, I can adjust the background and the
text colours, using the background and foreground options. However, if
the state is "disabled", then this has no effect and it just appears as
grey on a light grey background. E.g.,

Tkinter.Entry(r oot, foreground="bla ck", background="whi te",
state="disabled ").grid()

does not do what I expected. What is the correct way to adjust the
foreground and background on disabled Entry widgets?

Thanks,

Martyn

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: Background/foreground on disabled Tkinter.Entry

Martyn Quick wrote:
[color=blue]
> If I create a Tkinter.Entry widget, I can adjust the background and the
> text colours, using the background and foreground options. However, if
> the state is "disabled", then this has no effect and it just appears as
> grey on a light grey background. E.g.,
>
> Tkinter.Entry(r oot, foreground="bla ck", background="whi te",
> state="disabled ").grid()
>
> does not do what I expected. What is the correct way to adjust the
> foreground and background on disabled Entry widgets?[/color]

tkinter has separate disabledbackgro und and disableforegrou nd options for
this purpose:

http://www.effbot.org/tkinterbook/entry.htm#Tkinter.Entry.config-method

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[Martyn Quick]

Re: Background/foreground on disabled Tkinter.Entry

Thanks v. much.
I'd missed that in the documentation I have access to.

Martyn