from Tkinter import * master = Tk() e = Entry(master) e.pack() e.focus_set() def callback(): print e.get() b = Button(master, text="get", width=10, command=callback) b.pack() mainloop()
v = StringVar() e = Entry(master, textvariable=v) e.pack() v.set("a default value") s = v.get()
#ent is the name of the Entry s = ent.get()
e = Entry(master) e.pack() e.delete(0, END) e.insert(0, "a default value")