whats the problem with my scrollbar ?

[moroccanplaya]

my scroll bar works but the size is to small and how would i go by adding a horizontal scroll bar ? help would be appreciated thanks.

app = Tk()
app.title(" text editor")

content = ttk.Frame(app, padding=(3,3,12,12))
content.grid(column=0, row=0,sticky=(N, S, E, W))

#creat label
labeltext = StringVar()
labeltext.set("enter url:")
label1 = ttk.Label(content, textvariable=labeltext).grid(column=0, row=1, columnspan=1, rowspan=1, sticky=(N, W), padx=5)

#create text box
urlname = StringVar()# text being enterd in tht text box is stored in urlname

urlname_entry = ttk.Entry(content, textvariable=urlname)
urlname_entry.grid(column=1, row=1, columnspan=3,rowspan=5, sticky=(N) )
#focus in the text box so user dont have to click on
urlname_entry.focus()
#create button

button1 = ttk.Button(content,text="get source", command=geturl)
button2 = ttk.Button(content,text="count white spaces", command=count_white_space)
button1.grid(column=3,row=0, columnspan=1, rowspan=2, sticky=(N,W))
button2.grid(column=4,row=0,columnspan=2, rowspan=2, sticky=(N,W))


scroll = tkinter.Scrollbar(content,borderwidth=2)
Text = tkinter.Text(content,wrap=CHAR, width=50, height=20)

scroll.config(command=Text.yview)
Text.config(yscrollcommand=scroll.set)

Text.grid(row=2, column=1,columnspan=1, rowspan=3, sticky=(N))
scroll.grid(row=2,column=3)

app.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
app.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
content.columnconfigure(0, weight=3)
content.columnconfigure(1, weight=3)
content.columnconfigure(2, weight=3)
content.columnconfigure(3, weight=1)
content.columnconfigure(4, weight=1)
content.rowconfigure(1, weight=1)



#adds spacing between widgets
for child in app.winfo_children(): child.grid_configure(padx=5, pady=5)
for child in content.winfo_children(): child.grid_configure(padx=5, pady=5)

app.bind('<Return>',geturl) #enter can also be hit



app.mainloop()

[bvdet]

Scrollbar.grid needs to be configured sticky='ns' and rowspan=3. A horizontal scrollbar will be added the same way but configured orient=Tkinter. HORIZONTAL and w.grid sticky="ew". Configure the Text widget xscrollcommand= hscrollbar.set and hscrollbar["command"] = self.textWidget .xview.

I posted an example Text widget with horizontal and vertical scrollbars in this thread.

[moroccanplaya]

so do i need to re write my whole code so it can include classes and self, i haven't used classes before in python

[moroccanplaya]

and im using python 3, do you want to see my full sourcecode

[bvdet]

You don't have to use classes. Have you tried some of my suggestions?

[moroccanplaya]

do you think its best to switch to a previous version of python as non of the examples in http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/tkinter.pdf work in python 3

[moroccanplaya]

yes i have i have added a horizontal scroll bar but its not working with the text widget only the vertical scroll bar is working

[bvdet]

Post your code and I will take a look.

[moroccanplaya]

#!/usr/bin/env python
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import tkinter.messagebox
import os
import urllib.request

sourcecode = ""

def geturl(*args): #accept an argument for return
    path = urlname.get()
    if path == "":
           tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("error", "please enter a url")
    if "http://" not in path:
        http ="http://"
        path = http + path
    with urllib.request.urlopen(path) as url:
        sourcecode = url.read()
        global storecode
        storecode = sourcecode
        string2 = "source code copied from : " + path
        tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("copied", string2)
        Text.delete(1.0, END)#delete currently in text box
        Text.insert(tkinter.END,storecode)
        return

            #find white spaces in source code
def count_white_space():
    path = urlname.get()
    if path == "":
           tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("error", "please enter a url")

    if "http://" not in path:
        http ="http://"
        path = http + path
        with urllib.request.urlopen(path) as url:
            sourcecode = url.readlines()
            global storecode
            storecode = sourcecode
            whitespace = 0
            for item in str(sourcecode):
                if item == ' ':
                    whitespace +=1
            string1 = "There are " + str(whitespace) + " white spaces in: " + path
            tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("whitespace", string1)


app = Tk()
app.title(" text editor")

content = ttk.Frame(app, padding=(3,3,12,12))
content.grid(column=0, row=0,sticky=(N, S, E, W))

#creat label
labeltext = StringVar()
labeltext.set("enter url:")
label1 = ttk.Label(content, textvariable=labeltext).grid(column=0, row=1, columnspan=1, rowspan=1, sticky=(N, W), padx=5)

#create text box
urlname = StringVar()# text being enterd in tht text box is stored in urlname

urlname_entry = ttk.Entry(content, textvariable=urlname)
urlname_entry.grid(column=1, row=1, columnspan=3,rowspan=5, sticky=(N) )
#focus in the text box so user dont have to click on
urlname_entry.focus()
#create button

button1 = ttk.Button(content,text="get source", command=geturl)
button2 = ttk.Button(content,text="count white spaces", command=count_white_space)
button1.grid(column=3,row=0, columnspan=1, rowspan=2, sticky=(N,W))
button2.grid(column=4,row=0,columnspan=2, rowspan=2, sticky=(N,W))


scroll = tkinter.Scrollbar(content,borderwidth=2)
Text = tkinter.Text(content,wrap=CHAR, width=30, height=20)
scrollh = tkinter.Scrollbar(content,borderwidth=2, orient=HORIZONTAL)


scrollh.config(command=Text.xview)
Text.config(xscrollcommand=scrollh.set)

scroll.config(command=Text.yview)
Text.config(yscrollcommand=scroll.set)

Text.grid(row=2, column=1,columnspan=1, rowspan=3, sticky=(N))
scroll.grid(row=3,column=3)
scrollh.grid(row=6, rowspan=3, column=1)

app.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
app.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
content.columnconfigure(0, weight=3)
content.columnconfigure(1, weight=3)
content.columnconfigure(2, weight=3)
content.columnconfigure(3, weight=1)
content.columnconfigure(4, weight=1)
content.rowconfigure(1, weight=1)




#text = Text(app, width=80,height=40, wrap='none').grid(row=2, column=2)






#adds spacing between widgets
for child in app.winfo_children(): child.grid_configure(padx=5, pady=5)
for child in content.winfo_children(): child.grid_configure(padx=5, pady=5)

app.bind('<Return>',geturl) #enter can also be hit



app.mainloop()

[bvdet]

Try this:

Text.config(yscrollcommand=scroll.set, wrap=tkinter.NONE,)
 
Text.grid(row=2, column=1,columnspan=1, rowspan=3, sticky=(N))
scroll.grid(row=2,column=2, sticky='ns', rowspan=3)
scrollh.grid(row=6, rowspan=1, column=1, sticky='ew')

[moroccanplaya]

it work i really appreciate your help, can you explain where i went wrong, so the scroll.grid have to include sticky and rowspan

[bvdet]

The horizontal scrollbar will never work unless the text window needs to expand. It will only need to expand if wrap=tkinter.NO NE