Checking for numeric inputs in a Entry Widget Tkinter

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I have a couple of questions 1) I am trying to get an Entry widget to be restricted to numeric input only. I have seen some samples on stack overflow but they tend to use the class based Tkinter coding and I am doing it usual style.

E=Entry(t3, bg='gray', textvariable=weekly_savings[num], validate='focus', validatecommand=MoneyValidation))
I am not sure how to implement this money validation. The window code is as follows
t3=Toplevel(root)
bg='gold'
t3.title(u"\u092c\u0939\u0940 \u0916\u0924\u093e")
t3.geometry('800x450+100+50')
t3.transient(root)
t3.configure(background=bg)
t3.overrideredirect(True)

Secondly I am working with a semi-literate population for my final use case and we would like to use only the accountants keyboard. I would like to bind the focus shifting to a num lock key. How do I do that?

By "restricted to numeric input only" do you mean all non-numeric characters are not even added to the Entry when typed? — Nelson, Jul 10 '17 at 10:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '17 at 21:55

If your goal is to allow only numerals to appear in the Entry widget, you can use the method detailed by Bryan Oakley in this answer:

def MoneyValidation(S):
    if S in ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']:
        return True
    t3.bell() # .bell() plays that ding sound telling you there was invalid input
    return False

vcmd = (t3.register(MoneyValidation), '%S')
E = Entry(t3, bg='gray', validate='key', vcmd=vcmd)
E.pack()

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 29 '20 at 08:05

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def MoneyValidation(S):
    if S.isdigit():
        return True
    else:
        return False

reg = t3.register(MoneyValidation

E = Entry(t3, bg='gray', validate='key',validatecommand=(reg, %P))
E.pack()

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYshQCOHOs

edited Jan 29 '20 at 08:05

THess

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answered Jan 29 '20 at 07:07

SHOAIB AKHTAR

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why not `return S.isdigit()`? And will this consider `²` to be a numeric input? – Jack Deeth Feb 25 '21 at 02:07

Checking for numeric inputs in a Entry Widget Tkinter

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