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edit_text

Simple window with editable text box

EditText

Simple text edit box next_text = EditText(old_text, tkframe).show()

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
expression str

str expression to edit

 required
parent Misc | None

tk root

 None
Source code in mmg_toolbox/tkguis/apps/edit_text.py 
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class EditText:
    """
    Simple text edit box
        next_text = EditText(old_text, tkframe).show()
    :param expression: str expression to edit
    :param parent: tk root
    """

    def __init__(self, expression: str, parent: tk.Misc | None = None, textwidth=30, title="Edit text"):
        self.output = expression
        self.root = create_root(title, parent=parent)

        frm = ttk.Frame(self.root)
        frm.pack(side=tk.TOP, expand=tk.YES, fill=tk.BOTH)

        self.text = tk.Text(frm, wrap=tk.NONE, width=textwidth)
        self.text.pack(side=tk.LEFT, fill=tk.BOTH, expand=tk.YES)
        self.text.insert('1.0', expression)

        var = ttk.Scrollbar(frm, orient=tk.VERTICAL, command=self.text.yview)
        var.pack(side=tk.LEFT, fill=tk.Y)
        self.text.configure(yscrollcommand=var.set)

        frm = ttk.Frame(self.root)
        frm.pack(side=tk.TOP, expand=tk.YES, fill=tk.BOTH)

        var = ttk.Button(self.root, text='Update', command=self.fun_update)
        var.pack(side=tk.TOP, fill=tk.X)

    def fun_update(self, event=None):
        """Launches window, returns selection"""
        self.output = self.text.get('1.0', tk.END)
        self.root.destroy()  # trigger wait_window

    def show(self):
        """Launches window, returns selection"""
        self.root.wait_window()  # wait for window
        self.root.destroy()
        return self.output

fun_update(event=None)

Launches window, returns selection

Source code in mmg_toolbox/tkguis/apps/edit_text.py 
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def fun_update(self, event=None):
    """Launches window, returns selection"""
    self.output = self.text.get('1.0', tk.END)
    self.root.destroy()  # trigger wait_window

show()

Launches window, returns selection

Source code in mmg_toolbox/tkguis/apps/edit_text.py 
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def show(self):
    """Launches window, returns selection"""
    self.root.wait_window()  # wait for window
    self.root.destroy()
    return self.output