background (bg)

color

The background color for this widget. Default is system specific (usually "white"). If you change the background color, you should make sure to change the foreground color as well.

borderwidth (bd)

distance

Border width. Default is platform dependent, but is usually one or two pixels.

cursor

cursor

The cursor to show when the mouse pointer is placed over the text widget. The default is a text insertion cursor (typically an "I beam" cursor, such as xterm).

exportselection

flag

If true, selected text is automatically exported to the clipboard. Default is true.

font

font

Widget font. The default is system specific (usually "black").

foreground (fg)

color

Text color.

height

distance

Widget height, in text units.

highlightbackground, highlightcolor

color

Controls how to draw the focus highlight border. When the widget has focus, the border is drawn in the highlightcolor color. Otherwise, it is drawn in the highlightbackground color. The defaults are system specific.

highlightthickness

distance

Controls the width of the focus highlight border. Default is 0 (no border).

insertbackground

color

insertborderwidth

distance

insertofftime, insertontime

time

insertwidth

distance

Controls cursor blinking and style. It's usually best to leave these as they are.

padx, pady

distance

Extra padding between the widget's inner border and the text body. Default is 0 (no padding).

relief

constant

Border decoration. The default is SUNKEN. Other possible values are FLAT, RAISED, GROOVE, and RIDGE.

selectbackground

color

Selection background color. The default is system and display specific.

selectborderwidth

distance

Selection border width. The default is system specific.

selectforeground

color

Selection text color. The default is system and display specific.

setgrid

flag

If true, Tkinter attempts to resize the window containing the text widget in full character steps (based on the font option).

spacing1

distance

Spacing to use above the first line in a block of text. Default is 0 (no extra spacing).

spacing2

distance

Spacing to use between the lines in a block of text wrapped by the widget. Default is 0 (no extra spacing).

spacing3

distance

Spacing to use after the last line of text in a block of text having this tag. Default is 0 (no extra spacing).

state

constant

One of NORMAL or DISABLED. Default is NORMAL. Note that if you set this to DISABLED, calls to insert or delete are ignored.

tabs

string

takefocus

flag

If true, you can use Tab to move focus to this widget (but not from it; the default bindings for the Text widget insert the tab character). Default is an empty string, which means that the text widget accepts focus only if it has any keyboard bindings (default is on, in other words).

width

distance

Widget width, in text units.

wrap

constant

Word wrap mode. Use one of NONE, CHAR, or WORD. Default is NONE.

xscrollcommand, yscrollcommand

callback

Scrollbar callbacks. These options should be set to the set method for the corresponding scrollbar.