Is there a way to make the Tkinter text widget read only?

python text tkinter

You have to change the state of the Text widget from NORMAL to DISABLED after entering text.insert() or text.bind() :

text.config(state=DISABLED)

python text tkinter

text = Text(app, state='disabled', width=44, height=5)

Before and after inserting, change the state, otherwise it won't update

text.configure(state='normal')text.insert('end', 'Some Text')text.configure(state='disabled')

python text tkinter

Very easy solution is just to bind any key press to a function that returns "break" like so:

import Tkinterroot = Tkinter.Tk() readonly = Tkinter.Text(root)readonly.bind("<Key>", lambda e: "break")

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