If you have a listbox and need to filter the contents of the listbox based on the contents of an entry field, this will help you! Shoutout to Nikola-K for the revision. It's much simpler now :D
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# First create application class
class Application(Frame):
def __init__(self, master=None):
Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.pack()
self.create_widgets()
# Create main GUI window
def create_widgets(self):
self.search_var = StringVar()
self.search_var.trace("w", lambda name, index, mode: self.update_list())
self.entry = Entry(self, textvariable=self.search_var, width=13)
self.lbox = Listbox(self, width=45, height=15)
self.entry.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=10, pady=3)
self.lbox.grid(row=1, column=0, padx=10, pady=3)
# Function for updating the list/doing the search.
# It needs to be called here to populate the listbox.
self.update_list()
def update_list(self):
search_term = self.search_var.get()
# Just a generic list to populate the listbox
lbox_list = ['Adam', 'Lucy', 'Barry', 'Bob',
'James', 'Frank', 'Susan', 'Amanda', 'Christie']
self.lbox.delete(0, END)
for item in lbox_list:
if search_term.lower() in item.lower():
self.lbox.insert(END, item)
root = Tk()
root.title('Filter Listbox Test')
app = Application(master=root)
print 'Starting mainloop()'
app.mainloop()
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I ran into the issue where I needed to filter the contents of a listbox and thought I would share the solution.
Nikola-K was able to provide a revision to my solution so I have updated it.
