How to save the contents of a Textbox in Tkinter?


To save the contents of a Textbox in Tkinter, we can take the following steps −

  • Create an instance of tkinter frame.

  • Set the size of the frame using win.geometry method.

  • Define a user-defined method "open_text" to open a text file in "read" mode. Read the contents of the text file and save it in a variable called "content". Then, use the "insert" method to insert the contentin a Textbox.

  • Next, define another user-defined method called "save_text" and in it, use the "write" method to save the contents of the textbox in the text file.

  • Create a text widget using the Text method with specified height and width.

  • Create a button to call the open_text method.

  • Create a button to call the open_text method.

  • Finally, run the mainloop of the application window.

Example

# Import tkinter library
from tkinter import *

# Create an instance of tkinter window
win = Tk()
win.geometry("700x250")

def open_text():
   text_file = open("test.txt", "r")
   content = text_file.read()
   my_text_box.insert(END, content)
   text_file.close()

def save_text():
   text_file = open("test.txt", "w")
   text_file.write(my_text_box.get(1.0, END))
   text_file.close()

# Creating a text box widget
my_text_box = Text(win, height=10, width=40)
my_text_box.pack()

open_btn = Button(win, text="Open Text File", command=open_text)
open_btn.pack()

# Create a button to save the text
save = Button(win, text="Save File", command=save_text)
save.pack()

win.mainloop()

Output

When you execute the code, it will show the following screen −

Now, click the "Open Text File" button to open the text file "test.txt". It will display the contents of the file in the Textbox.

Next, type a new line inside the Textbox and click "Save File" to save the contents in "test.txt".

Updated on: 26-Oct-2021

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