martinohanlon

from guizero import App, TextBox, Text

def count():
    result.value = len(text_to_count.value) - 1
    
app = App(title="character count")
instruction = Text(app, text="Put your text here")
text_to_count = TextBox(app, multiline = True, width=60, height=25, command=count)
text_to_count.when_key_released = count
result = Text(app, text="0")