How can I insert a string in a Entry widget that is in the "readonly" state?

Question

I am trying to obtain an Entry that starts with an ellipsis ....

Here was the code I tried:

e = Entry(rootWin, width=60, state="readonly")
e.insert(0, "...")

I think the error is occurring because I am trying to insert text after the object has been classified as readonly.

How can I insert a string in a Tkinter Entry widget that is in the "readonly" state?

Cracker

Possible duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/3842155 – Evasion

I'm needing to use the Entry object, not the Text object, since text object has no readonly state. – Cracker

Answer 1

This seems to work for me:

import Tkinter as tk

r = tk.Tk()

e = tk.Entry(r,width=60)
e.insert(0,'...')
e.configure(state='readonly')
e.grid(row=0,column=0)

r.mainloop()

Washwoman

Answer 2

Use -textvariable option of the Entry:

eText = StringVar()
e = Entry(rootWin, width=60, state="readonly",textvariable=eText)
....
eText.set("...I'm not inserted, I've just appeared out of nothing.")

Fash

Worked for me in Python 3.12 – Wash

Answer 3

The solution is simple: temporarily set the state to normal, insert the text, then set it to disabled.

Dorthydortmund

Ugly, but true. I tried setting the text while in state disabled, or readonly. Neither are possible. It has to be in state normal. Anton's answer eliminates this hassle of switching back and forth, but creates another in the sense that you need a proxy of sorts. – Polemics