How to add scrollbar to Tkinter

Question

Python 3.5.2

This is the bases of my code:

from tkinter import *
w = Tk()
w.geometry("650x600")

#A very large amount of labels here. Too many to be able to see them all.

w.mainloop()

How would I add a scrollbar to this to be able to go to the bottom of my window? I havn't found any answers online specific to this case. They all deal with either listboxes, frames or canvases. This is only the Tkinter window. And no, I cannot edit my code to work with a canvas or anything.

Thanks!

What do you mean by "labels"? Do you mean "lines of text" or "Label widgets"? — Bryan Oakley, Dec 18 '16 at 18:14
You cannot add a scrollbar directly to a window. The most commn solution is to use a canvas and a frame. — Bryan Oakley, Dec 19 '16 at 02:38
Yea i meant label widgets. And I just put everything in a text box and put a scrollbar on that. Thanks! — L. Z, Dec 19 '16 at 03:14
Yes, using a text widget is another common way, especially if you have just a vertical stack of widgets. — Bryan Oakley, Dec 19 '16 at 03:22

Taufiq Rahman · Answer 1 · 2016-12-18T17:53:18.457

You may take this for example and try it out:

from tkinter import *

root = Tk()
scrollbar = Scrollbar(root)
scrollbar.pack( side = RIGHT, fill=Y )

w = Label(root, text="Label: ")#some label

mylist = Listbox(root, yscrollcommand = scrollbar.set )
for line in range(100):
   mylist.insert(END, w.cget("text") + str(line))

mylist.pack( side = LEFT, fill = BOTH )
scrollbar.config( command = mylist.yview )

mainloop()

Output:

How to add scrollbar to Tkinter

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