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June 23, 2018 09:24
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A tkinter code to make auto-filling entries.
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from tkinter import * | |
import re | |
lista = ['i', 'went', 'through', 'executemany()', 'as', 'well', 'but', 'sorry', 'to', 'say', 'I', 'am', 'quite', 'new', 'to', 'both', 'python', 'and', 'sqlite.', 'My', 'doubt', 'is', 'like', 'if', 'I', 'have,', 'say', 'a', 'list', 'of', 'filenames', 'which', 'I', 'have', 'prepared', 'by', 'appending', 'values', 'inside', 'a', 'list', 'object,', 'then', 'how', 'can', 'I', 'use', 'it', 'with', 'executeMany..', 'is', 'it', 'like', 'simply', 'passing', 'the', 'list', 'object', '(say', 'fileList)', 'to', 'executemany()?..', 'Any', 'code', 'snippet', 'would', 'be', 'really', 'appreciated..', 'thanks'] | |
#Some Random crap, don't judge | |
class AutocompleteEntry(Entry): | |
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): | |
Entry.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) | |
self.lista = kwargs['lis'] | |
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.bind("<Return>",self.selection) | |
self.lb_up = False | |
def changed(self, name, index, mode): | |
if self.var.get() == '': | |
try: | |
self.lb.destroy() | |
self.lb_up = False | |
except AttributeError: | |
pass | |
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 = '-1' | |
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('.*' + str(self.var.get()).lower() + '.*') | |
print(pattern) | |
return [w for w in self.lista if re.match(pattern, str.lower(w))] | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
root = Tk() | |
root.tk_setPalette(background='#ffffff') | |
entry = AutocompleteEntry(lis=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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