Tkinter Python 3 Project : Gui Text Editor , File Handling

Text Editor GUI using Python Text editor is an application like notepad to write documents and other files.The text editor is made using python using Tkinter GUI interface.

Tkinter offers various text editor features such as :

1. Firstly, Functions similar to any other plain text editors,

2. Secondly, Shows Line Number,

3. Thirdly, Highlights the current line,

4. Fourthly, Shows cursor location at the bottom, and

5. Lastly, Open,close,create and edit files.

Project Demo : Video follows the steps to help :

Objectives:

1. Firstly, Tkinter interface for Text editor.

2. Secondly, Basic text editor tasks like cursor, line number.

3. Thirdly, File handling to manage the text files.

4. Fourthly, Different icons for cut,copy,info,find_text,new file, open file.

5. Lastly, Line numbers and column number display at the bottom.

Components of Text editor GUI:

The application is built using python library Tkinter. For creating graphic user interface (GUI) on Python we need to use Tkinter library. We are also having different packages and approaches for creating GUI. For instance, QT for Software Development and Django, Flask for Web app development. Here we choose this because it provides a very quick and easy way to create basic GUI applications.

Given below steps follows the guide to create a GUI applications using Tkinter GUI toolkit :

Firstly, Install Tkinter package and Import Tkinter library.
Secondly, Create main application window for GUI.
Thirdly, Add required widgets to GUI.
Lastly, Enter event loop to trigger action against every specified event.

File handling in Tkinter

To open and save files , the project is using Python file handling system and its basic method.The text editor offers functionalities like open,close ,edit and create new files using Python.

GUI

The user interface is developed using tkinter components:

1. Firstly, Grid,

2. Secondly, Toplevel,

3. Thirdly, Messagebox and

4. Lastly, Mainloop

Workflow:

1. Firstly, Make a simple GUI through Python tkinter interface.

2. Secondly, Add a input box for the text editor files.

3. Thirdly, Add file handling functionalities for the text files that you create. For instance, open, close, edit a existing file and create a new file.

4. Fourthly, Add icons or menus for this file handling options.

5. Lastly, Make a interface to view line number and column number of the current cursor position. Image samples for the program:

Transcript/Cheatsheet:

from tkinter import *
import os
import tkinter.filedialog
import tkinter.messagebox

root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap('icons/favicon.ico')

PROGRAM_NAME = "TextEditor"
root.title(PROGRAM_NAME)
file_name = None
root.geometry('800x400')

#all codes goes here


#FILE MENU
def new_file(event=None):
    root.title("Untitled")
    global file_name
    file_name = None
    content_text.delete(1.0, END)
    on_content_changed()

def open_file(event=None):
    input_file_name = tkinter.filedialog.askopenfilename(defaultextension=".txt",filetypes=[("All Files", "*.*"), ("Text Documents", "*.txt"),("HTML", "*.html"),("CSS", "*.css"),("JavaScript", "*.js")])
    if input_file_name:
        global file_name
        file_name = input_file_name
        root.title('{} - {}'.format(os.path.basename(file_name), PROGRAM_NAME))
        content_text.delete(1.0, END)
        with open(file_name) as _file:
            content_text.insert(1.0, _file.read())
    
    on_content_changed()
     
def write_to_file(file_name):
    try:
        content = content_text.get(1.0, 'end')
        with open(file_name, 'w') as the_file:
            the_file.write(content)
    except IOError:
        pass  


def save_as(event=None):
    input_file_name = tkinter.filedialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=".txt",filetypes=[("All Files", "*.*"), ("Text Documents", "*.txt"),("HTML", "*.html"),("CSS", "*.css"),("JavaScript", "*.js")])
    if input_file_name:
        global file_name
        file_name = input_file_name
        write_to_file(file_name)
        root.title('{} - {}'.format(os.path.basename(file_name), PROGRAM_NAME))
    return "break"
    

def save(event=None):
    global file_name
    if not file_name:
        save_as()
    else:
        write_to_file(file_name)
    return "break"



#EDIT MENU
def cut():
    content_text.event_generate("<<Cut>>")
    on_content_changed()
    return "break"
def copy():
    content_text.event_generate("<<Copy>>")
    on_content_changed()
    return "break"
def paste():
    content_text.event_generate("<<Paste>>")
    on_content_changed()
    return "break"

def undo():
    content_text.event_generate("<<Undo>>")
    on_content_changed()
    return "break"

def redo(event=None):
    content_text.event_generate("<<Redo>>")
    on_content_changed()
    return "break"

def selectall(event=None):
    content_text.tag_add('sel','1.0','end')
    return "break"

   
def find_text(event=None):
    search_toplevel = Toplevel(root)
    search_toplevel.title('Find Text')
    search_toplevel.transient(root)
    search_toplevel.resizable(False, False)
    Label(search_toplevel, text="Find All:").grid(row=0, column=0, sticky='e')
    search_entry_widget = Entry(search_toplevel, width=25)
    search_entry_widget.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=2, pady=2, sticky='we')
    search_entry_widget.focus_set()
    ignore_case_value = IntVar()
    Checkbutton(search_toplevel, text='Ignore Case', variable=ignore_case_value).grid(row=1, column=1, sticky='e', padx=2, pady=2)
    Button(search_toplevel, text="Find All", underline=0,
           command=lambda: search_output(
               search_entry_widget.get(), ignore_case_value.get(),
               content_text, search_toplevel, search_entry_widget)
           ).grid(row=0, column=2, sticky='e' + 'w', padx=2, pady=2)

    def close_search_window():
        content_text.tag_remove('match', '1.0', END)
        search_toplevel.destroy()
    search_toplevel.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', close_search_window)
    return "break"

def search_output(needle,if_ignore_case, content_text, search_toplevel, search_box):
    content_text.tag_remove('match','1.0', END)
    matches_found=0
    if needle:
        start_pos = '1.0'
        while True:
            start_pos = content_text.search(needle,start_pos, nocase=if_ignore_case, stopindex=END)
            if not start_pos:
                break

            end_pos = '{} + {}c'. format(start_pos, len(needle))
            content_text.tag_add('match', start_pos, end_pos)
            matches_found +=1
            start_pos = end_pos
        content_text.tag_config('match', background='yellow', foreground='blue')
    search_box.focus_set()
    search_toplevel.title('{} matches found'.format(matches_found))

#ABOUT MENU

def display_about(event=None):
    tkinter.messagebox.showinfo(
        "About", PROGRAM_NAME + "\nA simple Text Editor made in Python with Tkinter\n -Nabin Jaiswal")


def display_help(event=None):
    tkinter.messagebox.showinfo(
        "Help", "This Text Editor works similar to any other editors.",
        icon='question')


def exit_editor(event=None):
    if tkinter.messagebox.askokcancel("Exit", "Are you sure you want to Quit?"):
        root.destroy()

#adding Line Numbers Functionality
def get_line_numbers():
    output = ''
    if show_line_number.get():
        row, col = content_text.index("end").split('.')
        for i in range(1, int(row)):
            output += str(i) + '\n'
    return output

def on_content_changed(event=None):
    update_line_numbers()
    update_cursor()

def update_line_numbers(event=None):
    line_numbers = get_line_numbers()
    line_number_bar.config(state='normal')
    line_number_bar.delete('1.0', 'end')
    line_number_bar.insert('1.0', line_numbers)
    line_number_bar.config(state='disabled')

# Adding Cursor Functionality
def show_cursor():
    show_cursor_info_checked = show_cursor_info.get()
    if show_cursor_info_checked:
        cursor_info_bar.pack(expand='no', fill=None, side='right', anchor='se')
    else:
        cursor_info_bar.pack_forget()


def update_cursor(event=None):
    row, col = content_text.index(INSERT).split('.')
    line_num, col_num = str(int(row)), str(int(col) + 1)  # col starts at 0
    infotext = "Line: {0} | Column: {1}".format(line_num, col_num)
    cursor_info_bar.config(text=infotext)


#Adding Text Highlight Functionality
def highlight_line(interval=100):
    content_text.tag_remove("active_line", 1.0, "end")
    content_text.tag_add(
        "active_line", "insert linestart", "insert lineend+1c")
    content_text.after(interval, toggle_highlight)


def undo_highlight():
    content_text.tag_remove("active_line", 1.0, "end")


def toggle_highlight(event=None):
    if to_highlight_line.get():
        highlight_line()
    else:
        undo_highlight()


#Adding Change Theme Functionality
def change_theme(event=None):
    selected_theme = theme_choice.get()
    fg_bg_colors = color_schemes.get(selected_theme)
    foreground_color, background_color = fg_bg_colors.split('.')
    content_text.config(
        background=background_color, fg=foreground_color)

#pop-up menu
def show_popup_menu(event):
    popup_menu.tk_popup(event.x_root, event.y_root)

    
    
# ICONS for the compound menu
new_file_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/new_file.gif')
open_file_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/open_file.gif')
save_file_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/save.gif')
cut_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/cut.gif')
copy_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/copy.gif')
paste_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/paste.gif')
undo_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/undo.gif')
redo_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/redo.gif')
find_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/find_text.gif')


#MENU CODES GOES HERE
menu_bar = Menu(root) #menu begins

file_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
file_menu.add_command(label='New', accelerator='Ctrl+N', compound='left', image=new_file_icon, underline=0, command=new_file)
file_menu.add_command(label='Open', accelerator='Ctrl+O', compound='left', image=open_file_icon, underline=0, command=open_file)
file_menu.add_command(label="Save", accelerator='Ctrl+S', compound='left', image=save_file_icon, underline=0, command=save)
file_menu.add_command(label="Save As", accelerator='Ctrl+Shift+S', compound='left', underline=0, command = save_as)
file_menu.add_separator()
file_menu.add_command(label="Exit", accelerator='Alt+F4', compound='left', underline=0, command=exit_editor)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='File', menu=file_menu)
# end of File Menu

edit_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
edit_menu.add_command(label='Undo', accelerator='Ctrl + Z', compound='left', image=undo_icon, underline=0, command=undo)
edit_menu.add_command(label='Redo', accelerator='Ctrl+Y', compound='left', image=redo_icon, underline=0, command=redo)
edit_menu.add_separator()
edit_menu.add_command(label='Cut', accelerator='Ctrl+X', compound='left',  image=cut_icon, underline=0, command=cut) 
edit_menu.add_command(label='Copy', accelerator='Ctrl+C', compound='left', image=copy_icon, underline=0, command=copy)
edit_menu.add_command(label='Paste', accelerator='Ctrl+V', compound='left',  image=paste_icon, underline=0, command=paste)
edit_menu.add_separator()
edit_menu.add_command(label='Find', accelerator='Ctrl+F', compound='left',  image=find_icon, underline=0, command=find_text)
edit_menu.add_separator()
edit_menu.add_command(label='Select All', accelerator='Ctrl+A', compound='left', underline=0, command=selectall) 
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='Edit', menu=edit_menu)
#end of Edit Menu


view_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
show_line_number=IntVar()
show_line_number.set(1)
view_menu.add_checkbutton(label="Show Line Number", variable=show_line_number)
show_cursor_info=IntVar()
show_cursor_info.set(1)
view_menu.add_checkbutton(label='Show Cursor Location at Bottom', variable=show_cursor_info, command=show_cursor)
to_highlight_line=IntVar()
view_menu.add_checkbutton(label='Highlight Current Line', variable=to_highlight_line, onvalue=1, offvalue=0,command=toggle_highlight)
themes_menu=Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
view_menu.add_cascade(label='Themes', menu=themes_menu, command=change_theme)

''' THEMES OPTIONS'''
color_schemes = {
    'Default': '#000000.#FFFFFF',
    'Greygarious': '#83406A.#D1D4D1',
    'Aquamarine': '#5B8340.#D1E7E0',
    'Bold Beige': '#4B4620.#FFF0E1',
    'Cobalt Blue': '#ffffBB.#3333aa',
    'Olive Green': '#D1E7E0.#5B8340',
    'Night Mode': '#FFFFFF.#000000',
}

theme_choice=StringVar()
theme_choice.set('Default')
for k in sorted(color_schemes):
    themes_menu.add_radiobutton(label=k, variable=theme_choice, command=change_theme)

menu_bar.add_cascade(label='View', menu=view_menu)


#start of About Menu
about_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='About', menu=about_menu)
about_menu.add_command(label='About', underline=0, command=display_about)
about_menu.add_command(label='Help', underline=0, command=display_help)
#end of About Menu
root.config(menu=menu_bar)

#adding top shortcut bar and left line number bar
shortcut_bar=Frame(root, height=25)
shortcut_bar.pack(expand='no', fill='x')

#adding shortcut icons
icons=('new_file', 'open_file', 'save', 'cut', 'copy', 'paste','undo', 'redo', 'find_text')
for i, icon in enumerate(icons):
    tool_bar_icon = PhotoImage(file='icons/{}.gif'.format(icon)).zoom(2,2)
    cmd = eval(icon)
    tool_bar = Button(shortcut_bar, image=tool_bar_icon, height=35,width=35, command=cmd)
    tool_bar.image = tool_bar_icon
    tool_bar.pack(side='left')


line_number_bar = Text(root, width=4, padx=3, takefocus=0, fg='white', border=0, background='#282828', state='disabled',  wrap='none')
line_number_bar.pack(side='left', fill='y')

#adding the main context Text widget and Scrollbar Widget
content_text = Text(root, wrap='word')
content_text.pack(expand='yes', fill='both')

scroll_bar = Scrollbar(content_text)
content_text.configure(yscrollcommand=scroll_bar.set)
scroll_bar.config(command=content_text.yview)
scroll_bar.pack(side='right', fill='y')

# addind cursor info label
cursor_info_bar = Label(content_text, text='Line: 1 | Column: 1')
cursor_info_bar.pack(expand='no', fill=None, side='right', anchor='se')

# setting up the pop-up menu
popup_menu = Menu(content_text)
for i in ('cut', 'copy', 'paste', 'undo', 'redo'):
    cmd = eval(i)
    popup_menu.add_command(label=i, compound='left', command=cmd)
popup_menu.add_separator()
popup_menu.add_command(label='Select All', underline=7, command=selectall)
content_text.bind('<Button-3>', show_popup_menu)


#handling binding

content_text.bind('<Control-N>', new_file)
content_text.bind('<Control-n>', new_file)
content_text.bind('<Control-O>', open_file)
content_text.bind('<Control-o>', open_file)
content_text.bind('<Control-S>', save)
content_text.bind('<Control-s>', save)

content_text.bind('<Control-Y>',redo)
content_text.bind('<Control-y>',redo)
content_text.bind('<Control-A>',selectall)
content_text.bind('<Control-a>',selectall)
content_text.bind('<Control-F>',find_text)
content_text.bind('<Control-f>',find_text)

content_text.bind('<KeyPress-F1>', display_help)

content_text.bind('<Any-KeyPress>', on_content_changed)
content_text.tag_configure('active_line', background='ivory2')

content_text.bind('<Button-3>', show_popup_menu)
content_text.focus_set()


#END OF MENU

root.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', exit_editor)
root.mainloop()

Project Setup Guide:

Library uses some icons get them from here, need to install pip so that we can install tkinter library.

For installing pip :

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

For installing tkinter library :

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

So, that it we are done with our First Python3 core project i.e. Guit Text Editor using Tkinter, File Handling.

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Tkinter Python 3 Project : Gui Text Editor , File Handling

Tkinter offers various text editor features such as :

Objectives:

Components of Text editor GUI:

Given below steps follows the guide to create a GUI applications using Tkinter GUI toolkit :

File handling in Tkinter

GUI

Workflow:

Transcript/Cheatsheet:

Project Setup Guide:

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Tkinter offers various text editor features such as :

Objectives:

Components of Text editor GUI:

Given below steps follows the guide to create a GUI applications using Tkinter GUI toolkit :

File handling in Tkinter

GUI

Workflow:

Transcript/Cheatsheet:

Project Setup Guide:

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