Now that we have a basic application laid out, it's time to dig deep into theText
widget and learn all about how to control its content while navigating around it. We will apply these concepts by adding syntax highlighting to our existingTextArea
class. Along the way, we will also touch upon the concepts of tagging areas and parsingconfig
files.
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Tkinter's indexing system for
Text
widgets - Using the tag system to alter the display of text
- Locating specific content with the
search
function of aText
widget - Parsing
config
files
Let's begin by looking at how we can use the indexing system to pinpoint locations within a Text
widget.