Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook

Creating an entry widget

Perhaps the most commonly used widget for collecting information from the end user is the entry widget. The entry widget displays a single-line input area. The widget allows the end user to enter or edit the string within the widget.

The keywords are as follows:

Standard keyword	Interpretation
-background or bg	Specifies the background color to be used when drawing the element.
-borderwidth or -bd	Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width of the 3D border to draw around the outside of the window.
-cursor	Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the window.
-exportselection	Specifies if a selection within the widget should also be the X selection. This keyword accepts a Boolean value such as ...