[Tutor] problem clearing a text widget
Chris Roy-Smith
chris_roysmith at internode.on.net
Thu Sep 5 02:45:11 EDT 2019
Hi
setup: python 3.6.8, OS Linux (ubuntu 18.04)
I have been trying to clear a text widget using the delete method, but I
only get the traceback below, when I click on delete button. I get this
message irrespective of how much text I have put into it. I'm missing
something, but I can't figure out what. Please can somebody point me in
the right direction?
regards, Chris Roy-Smith
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chris at chris-X451MA:~/Scripts/python3/experiments$ ./text.py
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1705, in __call__
return self.func(*args)
File "./text.py", line 11, in DeleteText
tfield.delete(0,END)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/tkinter/__init__.py", line 3139, in delete
self.tk.call(self._w, 'delete', index1, index2)
_tkinter.TclError: bad text index "0"
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code
#! /usr/bin/python3
'''
demo for text widget delete method
'''
from tkinter import *
def InsertText():
tfield.insert(END,"Demo only\n")
def DeleteText():
tfield.delete(0,END)
master=Tk()
tfield = Text(master, height=15, width=60)
S=Scrollbar(master)
tfield.configure(yscrollcommand=S.set)
S.configure(command=tfield.yview)
S.grid(row=0, column=2)
tfield.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2)
S.config(command=tfield.yview)
tfield.config(yscrollcommand=S.set)
Button(master, text="Insert", command=InsertText).grid(row=5, column=0)
Button(master, text="Delete", command=DeleteText).grid(row=5, column=1)
Button(master, text="Exit", command=master.destroy).grid(row=5, column=2)
master.mainloop()
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