The Spinbox widget in Tkinter is a numerical input field that allows users to select a value from a predefined range by either typing directly into the widget or by using up and down arrow buttons to increment or decrement the value.

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Tkinter Spinbox Widget Syntax

The syntax to use the Spinbox is given below:

Syntax: Spinbox ( master, options)

Parameters:

• master: This parameter is used to represents the parent window.
• options:There are many options which are available and they can be used as key-value pairs separated by commas.

Tkinter Spinbox Options

The following are commonly used Options that can be used with this widget:

• activebackground:This option used to represent the background color when the slider and arrowheads is under the cursor.
• bg:This option used to represent the normal background color displayed behind the label and indicator.
• bd:This option used to represent the size of the border around the indicator and the default value is 2 pixels.
• command:This option is associated with a function to be called when the state is changed.
• cursor:By using this option, the mouse cursor will change to that pattern when it is over the type.
• disabledforeground:This option used to represent the foreground color of the widget when it is disabled..
• disabledbackground:This option used to represent the background color of the widget when it is disabled..
• font:This option used to represent the font used for the text.
• fg:This option used to represent the color used to render the text.
• format:This option used to formatting the string and it's has no default value.
• from_:This option used to represent the minimum value.
• justify:This option used to control how the text is justified: CENTER, LEFT, or RIGHT.
• relief: This option used to represent the type of the border and It's default value is set to SUNKEN.
• repeatdelay:This option is used to control the button auto repeat and its default value is in milliseconds.
• repeatinterval:This option is similar to repeatdelay.
• state:This option used to represent the represents the state of the widget and its default value is NORMAL.
• textvariable:This option used to control the behaviour of the widget text.
• to:It specify the maximum limit of the widget value. The other is specified by the from_ option.
• validate: This option is used to control how the widget value is validated.
• validatecommand:This option is associated to the function callback which is used for the validation of the widget content.
• values:This option used to represent the tuple containing the values for this widget.
• vcmd:This option is same as validation command.
• width:This option is used to represents the width of the widget.
• wrap:This option wraps up the up and down button the Spinbox.
• xscrollcommand:This options is set to the set() method of scrollbar to make this widget horizontally scrollable.

Methods

Methods used in this widgets are as follows:

• delete(startindex, endindex):This method is used to delete the characters present at the specified range.
• get(startindex, endindex):This method is used to get the characters present in the specified range.
• identify(x, y):This method is used to identify the widget's element within the specified range.
• index(index):This method is used to get the absolute value of the given index.
• insert(index, string):This method is used to insert the string at the specified index.
• invoke(element):This method is used to invoke the callback associated with the widget.

SpinBox Widget in Tkinter Example

In this example, below code sets up a Tkinter window with a Spinbox widget allowing users to select values from 0 to 100. When the value changes, it prints the new value. The Spinbox has customizable appearance options like width, relief, and color, and it's placed in the window with padding.

importtkinterastkdefon_spinbox_change():value=spinbox.get()print("Value changed to:",value)root=tk.Tk()root.geometry("300x200")# Creating a Spinboxspinbox=tk.Spinbox(root,from_=0,to=100,width=10,relief="sunken",repeatdelay=500,repeatinterval=100,font=("Arial",12),bg="lightgrey",fg="blue",command=on_spinbox_change)# Setting options for the Spinboxspinbox.config(state="normal",cursor="hand2",bd=3,justify="center",wrap=True)# Placing the Spinbox in the windowspinbox.pack(padx=20,pady=20)root.mainloop()

Output

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