Pmw.ScrolledText

Name

Pmw.ScrolledText() -

Inherits

Pmw.MegaWidget

Description

Options

Options for this megawidget and its base classes are described below.

hscrollmode

The default is 'dynamic'.

labelmargin

Initialisation option. If the labelpos option is not None, this specifies the distance between the label component and the rest of the megawidget. The default is 0.

labelpos

Initialisation option. Specifies where to place the label component. If not None, it should be a concatenation of one or two of the letters 'n', 's', 'e' and 'w'. The first letter specifies on which side of the megawidget to place the label. If a second letter is specified, it indicates where on that side to place the label. For example, if labelpos is 'w', the label is placed in the centre of the left hand side; if it is 'wn', the label is placed at the top of the left hand side; if it is 'ws', the label is placed at the bottom of the left hand side.

If None, a label component is not created. The default is None.

scrollmargin

Initialisation option. The default is 2.

vscrollmode

The default is 'dynamic'.

Components

Components created by this megawidget and its base classes are described below.

horizscrollbar

By default, this component is a Tkinter.Scrollbar. Its component group is Scrollbar.

hull

This acts as the body for the entire megawidget. Other components are created as children of the hull to further specialise the widget. By default, this component is a Tkinter.Frame.

label

If the labelpos option is not None, this component is created as a text label for the megawidget. See the labelpos option for details. Note that to set, for example, the text option of the label, you need use the label_text component option. By default, this component is a Tkinter.Label.

text

By default, this component is a Tkinter.Text.

vertscrollbar

By default, this component is a Tkinter.Scrollbar. Its component group is Scrollbar.

Methods

Only methods specific to this megawidget are described below. For a description of its inherited methods, see the manuals for its base classes. In addition, methods from Tkinter.Text are forwarded to this megawidget's text component.

bbox(index)

clear()

exportfile(fileName)

get(first = None, last = None)

importfile(fileName, where = 'end')

settext(text)