Console in Tkinter GUI

[360monkey]

Hi Bytes Community!

I am using tkinter to create a GUI and was wondering how to make a "console" widget embedded in the GUI. Sort of like the python command line but inside the GUI

Thanks in advance!

[bvdet]

Although I have never done it, you could make a "command line console" inside a widget with a Tkinter.Text widget.

[360monkey]

Thanks for the suggestion, but do you know how i can store strings in a list-like format, append strings to the end as I print, and use \n\ in them? a list wont work because it would display as [..., ..., ...]
any help would be appreciated

[bvdet]

I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish. I made a Tkinter.Text example in combination with an Entry widget. The Entry widget is bound to the Enter key and the Text widget is bound to the Insert key.

import Tkinter
from itertools import cycle

class App(Tkinter.Tk):
    def __init__(self, textList, master=None):
        Tkinter.Tk.__init__(self, master)
        self.textiter = cycle(textList)
        self.txt = Tkinter.StringVar()
        self.rootEntry = Tkinter.Entry(self, textvariable=self.txt)
        self.rootEntry.pack()
        self.rootEntry.bind("<Return>", self.cycle_text)
        self.rootText = Tkinter.Text(self)
        self.rootText.pack()
        self.rootText.bind("<Insert>", self.insert_all)
        self.newList = []
        
    def cycle_text(self, arg=None):
        t = self.textiter.next()
        self.txt.set(t)
        self.rootText.insert("end", t+"\n")
        self.newList.append(self.rootText.get("end - 2 chars linestart", "end - 1 chars"))

    def insert_all(self, arg):
        self.rootText.insert("end", "".join([s.strip() for s in self.newList]))

textList = ["Line 1", "Line 2", "Line 3"]
root = App(textList)
root.mainloop()

[360monkey]

Thank You! This is what i was trying to achieve.

[firedoritofinge]

How can this be used as a command line, I just get errors like"object has no attribute 'next'", not only that, can this be used as the console for user input, I want to have the user write the user input, in the tk window instead of console, but displaying console in tk window could work to.