import tkinter as tk # python3 root = tk.Tk() myList = tk.Listbox(root) myText = "A list item" myList.insert(tk.END, myText) myList.pack() lbl = tk.Label(myList, text=myText, anchor="w", font=("Helvetica", "24")) lbl.pack(side="top", fill="x", anchor="w") root.mainloop()