Make Notepad using Tkinter

Let’s see how to create a simple notepad in Python using Tkinter. This notepad GUI will consist of various menu like file and edit, using which all functionalities like saving the file, opening a file, editing, cut and paste can be done.

Now for creating this notepad, Python 3 and Tkinter should already be installed in your system. You can download suitable python package as per system requirement. After you have successfully installed python you need to install Tkinter (a Python’s GUI package).

Use this command to install Tkinter : pip install python-tk

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import tkinter 
import os     
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.messagebox import *
from tkinter.filedialog import *
class Notepad: 
__root = Tk() 

# default window width and height 
__thisWidth = 300
__thisHeight = 300
__thisTextArea = Text(__root) 
__thisMenuBar = Menu(__root) 
__thisFileMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) 
__thisEditMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) 
__thisHelpMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) 
# To add scrollbar 
__thisScrollBar = Scrollbar(__thisTextArea)  
__file = None

def __init__(self,**kwargs): 

    # Set icon 
    try: 
            self.__root.wm_iconbitmap('Notepad.ico') 
    except: 
            pass

    # Set window size (the default is 300x300) 

    try: 
        self.__thisWidth = kwargs['width'] 
    except KeyError: 
        pass

    try: 
        self.__thisHeight = kwargs['height'] 
    except KeyError: 
        pass

    # Set the window text 
    self.__root.title('Untitled - Notepad') 

    # Center the window 
    screenWidth = self.__root.winfo_screenwidth() 
    screenHeight = self.__root.winfo_screenheight() 

    # For left-alling 
    left = (screenWidth / 2) - (self.__thisWidth / 2) 

    # For right-allign 
    top = (screenHeight / 2) - (self.__thisHeight /2) 

    # For top and bottom 
    self.__root.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (self.__thisWidth, 
                                        self.__thisHeight, 
                                        left, top)) 

    # To make the textarea auto resizable 
    self.__root.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1) 
    self.__root.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1) 

    # Add controls (widget) 
    self.__thisTextArea.grid(sticky = N + E + S + W) 

    # To open new file 
    self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label='New', 
                                    command=self.__newFile)  

    # To open a already existing file 
    self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label='Open', 
                                    command=self.__openFile) 

    # To save current file 
    self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label='Save', 
                                    command=self.__saveFile)     

    # To create a line in the dialog         
    self.__thisFileMenu.add_separator()                                      
    self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label='Exit', 
                                    command=self.__quitApplication) 
    self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label='File', 
                                menu=self.__thisFileMenu)    

    # To give a feature of cut 
    self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label='Cut', 
                                    command=self.__cut)          

    # to give a feature of copy  
    self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label='Copy', 
                                    command=self.__copy)         

    # To give a feature of paste 
    self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label='Paste', 
                                    command=self.__paste)        

    # To give a feature of editing 
    self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label='Edit', 
                                menu=self.__thisEditMenu)    

    # To create a feature of description of the notepad 
    self.__thisHelpMenu.add_command(label='About Notepad', 
                                    command=self.__showAbout) 
    self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label='Help', 
                                menu=self.__thisHelpMenu) 

    self.__root.config(menu=self.__thisMenuBar) 

    self.__thisScrollBar.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=Y)                     

    # Scrollbar will adjust automatically according to the content       
    self.__thisScrollBar.config(command=self.__thisTextArea.yview)   
    self.__thisTextArea.config(yscrollcommand=self.__thisScrollBar.set) 


def __quitApplication(self): 
    self.__root.destroy() 
    # exit() 

def __showAbout(self): 
    showinfo('Notepad','Mrinal Verma') 

def __openFile(self): 

    self.__file = askopenfilename(defaultextension='.txt', 
                                filetypes=[('All Files','*.*'), 
                                    ('Text Documents','*.txt')]) 

    if self.__file == "": 

        # no file to open 
        self.__file = None
    else: 

        # Try to open the file 
        # set the window title 
        self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + ' - Notepad') 
        self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) 

        file = open(self.__file,'r') 

        self.__thisTextArea.insert(1.0,file.read()) 

        file.close() 


def __newFile(self): 
    self.__root.title('Untitled - Notepad') 
    self.__file = None
    self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) 

def __saveFile(self): 

    if self.__file == None: 
        # Save as new file 
        self.__file = asksaveasfilename(initialfile='Untitled.txt', 
                                        defaultextension='.txt', 
                                        filetypes=[('All Files','*.*'), 
                                            ('Text Documents','*.txt')]) 

        if self.__file == "": 
            self.__file = None
        else: 

            # Try to save the file 
            file = open(self.__file,'w') 
            file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) 
            file.close() 

            # Change the window title 
            self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + ' - Notepad') 


    else: 
        file = open(self.__file,'w') 
        file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) 
        file.close() 

def __cut(self): 
    self.__thisTextArea.event_generate(' Cut ') 
    self.__thisTextArea.event_generate(' Cut ')


def __copy(self): 
    self.__thisTextArea.event_generate(' Copy ') 

def __paste(self): 
    self.__thisTextArea.event_generate(' Paste ') 

def run(self): 

    # Run main application 
    self.__root.mainloop() 
# Run main application 
notepad = Notepad(width=600,height=400) 
notepad.run() 
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