User input in dialog box

Question

Is there any library available in python for the graphical user entry input. I know about tk but I believe it takes some line of codes to do that. I am looking for the shortest solution.

a = input('Enter your string here:') 

In place of this, I want to get a dialogue box so that user can input there.

This did not serve the purpose. This only shows the dialogue box and you can't provide an input entry.

import ctypes  # An included library with Python install.   
ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(0, "Your text", "Your title", 1)

Answer 1

You have two choices for a solution. There are two packages you can pip to get, one is easygui, the other is easygui_qt. easygui is based on tcl, and easygui_qt is based on the qt Window manager and is a little more difficult to set up, but just as simple to use, with a few more options.

All they require to use is to import the package, import easygui, and after that, to get a user response you would use one line...

myvar = easygui.enterbox("What, is your favorite color?")

Google "python easygui" for more detailed info.
You can get easygui from pypi.

Answer 2

I think this is the shortest you'll get without anything external:

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To start:

from tkinter import *
root=Tk()

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Instead of a=input('enter something'):

a=StringVar()
Label(root, text='enter something').pack()
Entry(root, textvariable=a).pack()
Button(root, text='Ok', command=lambda:DoSomethingWithInput(a.get)).pack()

With a function DoSomethingWithInput(a)

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Instead of print('some text'):

Label(root, text='some text').pack()
Button(root, text='Ok', command=DoSomething).pack()

With DoSomething() as what you do next.

Answer 3

Here is a module I created a while ago to manage basic printing and input with GUI. It uses tkinter:

from tkinter import *


def donothing(var=''):
    pass


class Interface(Tk):
    def __init__(self, name='Interface', size=None):
        super(interface, self).__init__()
        if size:
            self.geometry(size)
        self.title(name)
        self.frame = Frame(self)
        self.frame.pack()

    def gui_print(self, text='This is some text', command=donothing):
        self.frame.destroy()
        self.frame = Frame(self)
        self.frame.pack()
        Label(self.frame, text=text).pack()
        Button(self.frame, text='Ok', command=command).pack()

    def gui_input(self, text='Enter something', command=donothing):
        self.frame.destroy()
        self.frame = Frame(self)
        self.frame.pack()        
        Label(self.frame, text=text).pack()
        entry = StringVar(self)
        Entry(self.frame, textvariable=entry).pack()
        Button(self.frame, text='Ok', command=lambda: command(entry.get())).pack()

    def end(self):
        self.destroy()

    def start(self):
        mainloop()


# -- Testing Stuff --

def foo(value):
    global main
    main.gui_print(f'Your name is {value}.', main.end)


def bar():
    global main
    main.gui_input('What is your name?', foo)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main = interface('Window')
    bar()
    main.start()

It includes an example of how to use it.

Answer 4

Use turtle. turtle.textinput("title", "prompt")

Here is an example:

from turtle import textinput

name = textinput("Name", "Please enter your name:")

print("Hello", name + "!")

Answer 5

from tkinter import simpledialog
item = simpledialog.askstring("New Item", "Enter name of item:")
print(item)

https://docs.python.org/3/library/dialog.html Not many lines needed for tkinter :)