Working with tags in Tkinter text widget using python

Question

I'm trying color the text in the Tkinter text widget with help of tags in this way:

text = self.text_field.get(1.0, 'end') #text_field is a text widget
s = re.findall("\d+", text)
for i in s:
    self.text_field.tag_add(i, '1.0', 'end')
    self.text_field.tag_configure(i, background='yellow', 
                                  font='helvetica 14 bold', relief='raised')

The idea is that all tags are being dynamically created, because I get numbers from text widget and they can have any length. This code colors all text in the widget, but I need only numbers to be colored.

Any suggestions?

martineau · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-13 16:32:05Z

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When you do

tag_add(i, '1.0', 'end')

You're making a tag that covers the whole text field. You need to just add the text on the numbers, using the .start() and .stop() methods of the regex match.

There's an example for doing syntax highlighting here:
http://forums.devshed.com/python-programming-11/syntax-highlighting-172406.html

edited Feb 13, 2015 at 16:32

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answered May 11, 2011 at 17:28

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martineau Over a year ago

Could/would you update your link to point directly at the example being referred to?

Thomas K Over a year ago

@martineau: sorry, it looks like that site's URL structure has changed, and I don't know how to get back to that post.

martineau Over a year ago

I think I found it. Since the code is short (and open source), I suggest you add it to your answer as well as link to it.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:15:36Z

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There is an answer to a similar question that shows how to extend the text widget to have a method that highlights text based on a regular expression. For examples see How to highlight text in a tkinter Text widget

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:15

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