Underline Text in Tkinter Label widget?

Question

I am working on a project that requires me to underline some text in a Tkinter Label widget. I know that the underline method can be used, but I can only seem to get it to underline 1 character of the widget, based on the argument. i.e.

p = Label(root, text=" Test Label", bg='blue', fg='white', underline=0)

change underline to 0, and it underlines the first character, 1 the second etc

I need to be able to underline all the text in the widget, I'm sure this is possible, but how?

I am using Python 2.6 on Windows 7.

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited May 09 '21 at 01:36

To underline all the text in a label widget you'll need to create a new font that has the underline attribute set to True. Here's an example:

try:
    import Tkinter as tk
    import tkFont
except ModuleNotFoundError:  # Python 3
    import tkinter as tk
    import tkinter.font as tkFont

class App:
    def __init__(self):
        self.root = tk.Tk()
        self.count = 0
        l = tk.Label(text="Hello, world")
        l.pack()
        # clone the font, set the underline attribute,
        # and assign it to our widget
        f = tkFont.Font(l, l.cget("font"))
        f.configure(underline = True)
        l.configure(font=f)
        self.root.mainloop()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = App()

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '17 at 16:48

For those working on Python 3 and can't get the underline to work, here's example code to make it work.

from tkinter import font

# Create the text within a frame
pref = Label(checkFrame, text = "Select Preferences")
# Pack or use grid to place the frame
pref.grid(row = 0, sticky = W)
# font.Font instead of tkFont.Fon
f = font.Font(pref, pref.cget("font"))
f.configure(underline=True)
pref.configure(font=f)

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 02 '20 at 08:17

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oneliner

mylabel = Label(frame, text = "my label", font="Verdana 15 underline")

answered Jul 02 '20 at 08:17

Vignesh

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Aryan Shirke · Answer 4 · 2020-07-09T14:01:05.953

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Try this for underline:

mylbl=Label(Win,text='my Label',font=('Arial',9,'bold','underline'))
mylbl.grid(column=0,row=1)

edited Jul 09 '20 at 14:01

answered Jul 09 '20 at 13:57

Aryan Shirke

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 06 '20 at 08:17

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p = Label(root, text=" Test Label", bg='blue', fg='white', font = 'helvetica 8 underline')

put your own font (i choose helvetica 8)

answered Nov 06 '20 at 08:17

R2_CoderZ

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 14 '20 at 09:15

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mylabel = Label(frame, text = "my label")
mylabel.configure(font="Verdana 15 underline")

answered Jan 14 '20 at 09:15

mihai

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 18 '20 at 02:10

To underline all the characters you should import tkinter.font and make your own font style with this. Example-

from tkinter import *
from tkinter.font import Font
rt=Tk()
myfont=Font(family="Times",size=20,weight="bold", underline=1)
Label(rt,text="it is my GUI".title(),font=myfont,fg="green").pack()
rt.mainloop()

ami_PBJ · Answer 8 · 2023-04-22T04:48:17.043

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should be in this format:

dev_label=Label(Right_frame, text="purxxx@gmail.com", font=("Times",15,"bold italic underline"), fg="black",bg="white")

dev_label.place(x=80,y=120)

edited Apr 22 '23 at 04:48

answered Jun 28 '22 at 17:36

ami_PBJ

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