Adding an image to text widget of Tkinter in python 2.7

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I am new to Tkinter and i am trying to add an image to a text widget in Tkinter python 2.7 I have looked up some resources on the internet and as far as i have gotten is this code but it is giving error - "

File "anim.py", line 11, in <module>
    text.image_create(END,image=photoImg)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 2976, in image_create
    *self._options(cnf, kw))
  TypeError: __str__ returned non-string (type file)

"

please tell me where i went wrong. Thanks in advance :)

from PIL import Image,ImageTk
from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.geometry("900x900+100+100")
image1 = open('IMG_20160123_170503.jpg')
photoImg = PhotoImage(image1)
frame = Frame(root)
frame.pack()
text = Text(frame)
text.pack()
text.image_create(END,image=photoImg)
root.mainloop()

Text widget obviously does not support images. I recently needed pictures in a text widget. I used a canvas, put a frame on it and packed smaller frames on it as "lines" and inside these I added labels with text, and images. You can find everything how to do. Search for scrollable widgets on a canvas, images on labels and implement it to your code. — Jozef Méry
– Jozef Méry, Commented Feb 21, 2016 at 11:24
@Vivekkumarpathak I think people have hastily downvoted here. The Tkinter Text widget does support embedded images. — Rob Murray
– Rob Murray, Commented Feb 21, 2016 at 11:55
@JozefMéry: you are incorrect. The text widget does support embedded images. This is a well documented feature that has been in tkinter since the very beginning ot Tkinter. — Bryan Oakley
– Bryan Oakley, Commented Feb 21, 2016 at 14:23

Rob Murray · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-22 14:54:48Z

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You have made just two small mistakes. When you open the image as image1 you are using Python's built-in open keyword rather than Image.open, the method of PIL's Image class. You also reference Tkinter's PhotoImage class when you mean to reference PIL's ImageTk.PhotoImage class. Here is your fixed code:

from Tkinter import *
from PIL import Image,ImageTk
root = Tk()
root.geometry("900x900+100+100")
image1 = Image.open("IMG_20160123_170503.jpg")
photoImg = ImageTk.PhotoImage(image1)
frame = Frame(root)
frame.pack()
text = Text(frame)
text.pack()
text.image_create(END,image=photoImg)
root.mainloop()

edited Feb 22, 2016 at 14:54

answered Feb 21, 2016 at 12:09

Rob Murray

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vivkv Over a year ago

Thank You so much it really helped :)

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