An example of how to make an entry widget with autocompletion for the Tkinter GUI. It uses regular expression but you can subclass AutocompleteEntry and override the comparison method.
You can use the arrow keys 'up' and 'down' to select an item at the listbox, and the 'right' key to take it to the entry widget.
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import re
lista = ['a', 'actions', 'additional', 'also', 'an', 'and', 'angle', 'are', 'as', 'be', 'bind', 'bracket', 'brackets', 'button', 'can', 'cases', 'configure', 'course', 'detail', 'enter', 'event', 'events', 'example', 'field', 'fields', 'for', 'give', 'important', 'in', 'information', 'is', 'it', 'just', 'key', 'keyboard', 'kind', 'leave', 'left', 'like', 'manager', 'many', 'match', 'modifier', 'most', 'of', 'or', 'others', 'out', 'part', 'simplify', 'space', 'specifier', 'specifies', 'string;', 'that', 'the', 'there', 'to', 'type', 'unless', 'use', 'used', 'user', 'various', 'ways', 'we', 'window', 'wish', 'you']
class AutocompleteEntry(Entry):
def __init__(self, lista, *args, **kwargs):
Entry.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.lista = lista
self.var = self["textvariable"]
if self.var == '':
self.var = self["textvariable"] = StringVar()
self.var.trace('w', self.changed)
self.bind("<Right>", self.selection)
self.bind("<Up>", self.up)
self.bind("<Down>", self.down)
self.lb_up = False
def changed(self, name, index, mode):
if self.var.get() == '':
self.lb.destroy()
self.lb_up = False
else:
words = self.comparison()
if words:
if not self.lb_up:
self.lb = Listbox()
self.lb.bind("<Double-Button-1>", self.selection)
self.lb.bind("<Right>", self.selection)
self.lb.place(x=self.winfo_x(), y=self.winfo_y()+self.winfo_height())
self.lb_up = True
self.lb.delete(0, END)
for w in words:
self.lb.insert(END,w)
else:
if self.lb_up:
self.lb.destroy()
self.lb_up = False
def selection(self, event):
if self.lb_up:
self.var.set(self.lb.get(ACTIVE))
self.lb.destroy()
self.lb_up = False
self.icursor(END)
def up(self, event):
if self.lb_up:
if self.lb.curselection() == ():
index = '0'
else:
index = self.lb.curselection()[0]
if index != '0':
self.lb.selection_clear(first=index)
index = str(int(index)-1)
self.lb.selection_set(first=index)
self.lb.activate(index)
def down(self, event):
if self.lb_up:
if self.lb.curselection() == ():
index = '0'
else:
index = self.lb.curselection()[0]
if index != END:
self.lb.selection_clear(first=index)
index = str(int(index)+1)
self.lb.selection_set(first=index)
self.lb.activate(index)
def comparison(self):
pattern = re.compile('.*' + self.var.get() + '.*')
return [w for w in self.lista if re.match(pattern, w)]
if __name__ == '__main__':
root = Tk()
entry = AutocompleteEntry(lista, root)
entry.grid(row=0, column=0)
Button(text='nothing').grid(row=1, column=0)
Button(text='nothing').grid(row=2, column=0)
Button(text='nothing').grid(row=3, column=0)
root.mainloop()
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Known issue: when you use the arrow keys (up and down) when the focus is at the entry widget, and you reach the bottom of the listbox, it does not scroll.
