Tk - Message Widget

A message widget is used for displaying multiple lines of text. The syntax for message widget is shown below −

message messageName options

Options

The options available for the message widget are listed below in the following table −

Sr.No.	Syntax & Description
1	-background color Used to set background color for widget.
2	-borderwidth width Used to draw with border in 3D effects.
3	-font fontDescriptor Used to set font for widget.
4	-foreground color Used to set foreground color for widget.
5	-padx number Sets the padx for the widget.
6	-pady number Sets the pady for the widget.
7	-relief condition Sets the 3D relief for this widget. The condition may be raised, sunken, flat, ridge, solid, or groove.
8	-text text Sets the text for the widget.
9	-textvariable varName Variable associated with the widget. When the text of widget changes, the variable is set to text of widget.
10	-justify alignment Sets the alignment of text, which can be left, center, or right.
11	-aspect ratio Sets the aspect ratio in percent. The default is 150. It is available when width option is not used.
12	-width number Sets the width for widget.

A simple example for message widget is shown below −

#!/usr/bin/wish

grid [message .myMessage -background red -foreground white -text "Hello\nWorld" -relief
   ridge -borderwidth 8 -padx 10 -pady 10 -font {Helvetica -18 bold} -textvariable
   myvariable -justify right -aspect 100 ]

When we run the above program, we will get the following output −

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