Thanks Michael. Your suggestions did the trick! I did mean to include my code - but obviously did not do that. Appreciate your help. Diana
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Entry widgets > On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:07:48 +1000 > "Diana Hawksworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
