How to add hint to text box

Question

I would like to add a hint value to my text box. It should look like this-

(like- "Enter your comments" in the picture, when there is nothing wroth on the field I want to be hint there)

my code-

  field = 'UserName'
  row = Frame(root)
  lab = Label(row, width=15, text=field, anchor='w')
  ent = Entry(row)
  row.pack(side=TOP, fill=X, padx=5, pady=5)
  lab.pack(side=LEFT)
  ent.pack(side=RIGHT, expand=YES, fill=X)

how can I do this?

Thanks.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '17 at 13:53

1

It's simple you should add a default value for it.

  field = 'UserName'
  row = Frame(root)
  lab = Label(row, width=15, text=field, anchor='w')
  ent = Entry(row)


  ent.insert(0, 'Your default value here...')


  row.pack(side=TOP, fill=X, padx=5, pady=5)
  lab.pack(side=LEFT)
  ent.pack(side=RIGHT, expand=YES, fill=X)

answered Oct 01 '17 at 13:53

thanks but I want it to be at the background, not like default text, more like hint/ title – shahar elbaz Oct 01 '17 at 13:55
You have to make a mouse click event so when the user clicks on it, the default value disappears and text color changes to black. – Oct 01 '17 at 14:01
How I make mouse click event? – shahar elbaz Oct 01 '17 at 14:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '17 at 14:17

So, as you must have realised by now, there is no placeholder/hint attribute. You can only emulate the feature by using default values and mouse click events.

if you want the default text to look like placeholder, make necessary styling adjustments. Eg: You can color the text with color: #b3b3b3;

I know its a hack, but this is the only way I can think of.

How to add hint to text box

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