Make Notepad using Tkinter
Let’s see how to create a simple notepad in Python using Tkinter. This notepad GUI will consist of various menu like file and edit, using which all functionalities like saving the file, opening a file, editing, cut and paste can be done.
Now for creating this notepad, Python 3 and Tkinter should already be installed in your system. You can download suitable python package as per system requirement. After you have successfully installed python you need to install Tkinter (a Python’s GUI package).
Use this command to install Tkinter :
pip install python-tk
Importing Tkinter :
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import tkinterimport osfrom tkinter import *# To get the space above for messagefrom tkinter.messagebox import *# To get the dialog box to open when requiredfrom tkinter.filedialog import * |
Note : messagebox is used to write the message in the white box called notepad and filedialog is used for the dialog box to appear when you are opening file from anywhere in your system or saving your file in a particular position or place.
Adding Menu :
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# Add controls(widget)self.__thisTextArea.grid(sticky = N + E + S + W)# To open new fileself.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label = "New", command = self.__newFile)# To open a already existing fileself.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label = "Open", command = self.__openFile)# To save current fileself.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label = "Save", command = self.__saveFile)# To create a line in the dialogself.__thisFileMenu.add_separator()# To terminateself.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label = "Exit", command = self.__quitApplication)self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label = "File", menu = self.__thisFileMenu)# To give a feature of cutself.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label = "Cut", command = self.__cut)# To give a feature of copyself.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label = "Copy", command = self.__copy)# To give a feature of pasteself.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label = "Paste", command = self.__paste)# To give a feature of editingself.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label = "Edit", menu = self.__thisEditMenu)# To create a feature of description of the notepadself.__thisHelpMenu.add_command(label = "About Notepad", command = self.__showAbout)self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label = "Help", menu = self.__thisHelpMenu)self.__root.config(menu = self.__thisMenuBar)self.__thisScrollBar.pack(side = RIGHT, fill = Y)# Scrollbar will adjust automatically# according to the contentself.__thisScrollBar.config(command = self.__thisTextArea.yview)self.__thisTextArea.config(yscrollcommand = self.__thisScrollBar.set) |
With this code we will add the menu in the windows of our notepad and will add the things like copy, paste, save etc, to it.
Adding The Functionality :
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def __quitApplication(self): self.__root.destroy() # exit()def __showAbout(self): showinfo("Notepad", "Mrinal Verma")def __openFile(self): self.__file = askopenfilename(defaultextension=".txt", filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"), ("Text Documents","*.txt")]) if self.__file == "": # no file to open self.__file = None else: # try to open the file # set the window title self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad") self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) file = open(self.__file,"r") self.__thisTextArea.insert(1.0,file.read()) file.close() def __newFile(self): self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad") self.__file = None self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END)def __saveFile(self): if self.__file == None: #save as new file self.__file = asksaveasfilename(initialfile='Untitled.txt', defaultextension=".txt", filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"), ("Text Documents","*.txt")]) if self.__file == "": self.__file = None else: # try to save the file file = open(self.__file,"w") file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) file.close() # change the window title self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad") else: file = open(self.__file,"w") file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) file.close()def __cut(self): self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Cut>>")def __copy(self): self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Copy>>")def __paste(self): self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Paste>>") |
In this we have added all the functionality that is required in the notepad, you can add other functionality too in this like the font size, font color, bold, underlined, etc.
Main Code After Merging All :
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import tkinterimport os from tkinter import *from tkinter.messagebox import *from tkinter.filedialog import *class Notepad: __root = Tk() # default window width and height __thisWidth = 300 __thisHeight = 300 __thisTextArea = Text(__root) __thisMenuBar = Menu(__root) __thisFileMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) __thisEditMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) __thisHelpMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) # To add scrollbar __thisScrollBar = Scrollbar(__thisTextArea) __file = None def __init__(self,**kwargs): # Set icon try: self.__root.wm_iconbitmap("Notepad.ico") except: pass # Set window size (the default is 300x300) try: self.__thisWidth = kwargs['width'] except KeyError: pass try: self.__thisHeight = kwargs['height'] except KeyError: pass # Set the window text self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad") # Center the window screenWidth = self.__root.winfo_screenwidth() screenHeight = self.__root.winfo_screenheight() # For left-align left = (screenWidth / 2) - (self.__thisWidth / 2) # For right-align top = (screenHeight / 2) - (self.__thisHeight /2) # For top and bottom self.__root.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (self.__thisWidth, self.__thisHeight, left, top)) # To make the textarea auto resizable self.__root.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1) self.__root.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1) # Add controls (widget) self.__thisTextArea.grid(sticky = N + E + S + W) # To open new file self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="New", command=self.__newFile) # To open a already existing file self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Open", command=self.__openFile) # To save current file self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Save", command=self.__saveFile) # To create a line in the dialog self.__thisFileMenu.add_separator() self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Exit", command=self.__quitApplication) self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=self.__thisFileMenu) # To give a feature of cut self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Cut", command=self.__cut) # to give a feature of copy self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Copy", command=self.__copy) # To give a feature of paste self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Paste", command=self.__paste) # To give a feature of editing self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=self.__thisEditMenu) # To create a feature of description of the notepad self.__thisHelpMenu.add_command(label="About Notepad", command=self.__showAbout) self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=self.__thisHelpMenu) self.__root.config(menu=self.__thisMenuBar) self.__thisScrollBar.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=Y) # Scrollbar will adjust automatically according to the content self.__thisScrollBar.config(command=self.__thisTextArea.yview) self.__thisTextArea.config(yscrollcommand=self.__thisScrollBar.set) def __quitApplication(self): self.__root.destroy() # exit() def __showAbout(self): showinfo("Notepad","Mrinal Verma") def __openFile(self): self.__file = askopenfilename(defaultextension=".txt", filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"), ("Text Documents","*.txt")]) if self.__file == "": # no file to open self.__file = None else: # Try to open the file # set the window title self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad") self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) file = open(self.__file,"r") self.__thisTextArea.insert(1.0,file.read()) file.close() def __newFile(self): self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad") self.__file = None self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) def __saveFile(self): if self.__file == None: # Save as new file self.__file = asksaveasfilename(initialfile='Untitled.txt', defaultextension=".txt", filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"), ("Text Documents","*.txt")]) if self.__file == "": self.__file = None else: # Try to save the file file = open(self.__file,"w") file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) file.close() # Change the window title self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad") else: file = open(self.__file,"w") file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) file.close() def __cut(self): self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Cut>>") def __copy(self): self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Copy>>") def __paste(self): self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("<<Paste>>") def run(self): # Run main application self.__root.mainloop()# Run main applicationnotepad = Notepad(width=600,height=400)notepad.run() |
To run this code, save it by the extension .py and then open cmd(command prompt) and move to the location of the file saved and then write the following
python "filename".py
and press enter and it will run. Or can be run directly by simply double clicking your .py extension file.
Last Updated on November 13, 2021 by admin