Learn How to Create Notepad in Python

Work on a simple (but interesting) Python Project – Create a Text Editor (Notepad) in Python.

This project will help you understand functional programming in python as we have implemented almost everything using separate functions. Features of python text editor:

1. Change font family
2. Bold
3. Save the document

Project Prerequisites

The prerequisites of python text editor project are as follows :

1. Basic concepts of Python
2. Tkinter

To install the libraries, you can use pip installer from the cmd/Terminal:

Pip install tkinter

Download Python Text Editor Code

Please download source code of python text editor – Text Editor Source Code

Creating main.py

Code:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import font, filedialog

def saveDoc():
    global textarea
    text=textarea.get("1.0","end-1c")
    location=filedialog.asksaveasfilename()
    file=open(location,"w+")
    file.write(text)
    file.close()

def Algerian():
    global textarea
    textarea.config(font="Algerian")  

def Arial():
    global textarea
    textarea.config(font="Arial")  

def Courier():
    global textarea
    textarea.config(font="Courier")  

def Cambria():
    global textarea
    textarea.config(font="Cambria")

def boldDoc():
    global textarea
    textarea.config(font=('arial',14,'bold'))

root=Tk()
root.title("ProjectGurukul Text Editor Python")

savebtn=Button(root,command=saveDoc,text="Save")
savebtn.grid(row=1,column=0)
savebtn.config(font=('arial',20,'bold'),bg="DodgerBlue2",fg="white")

fontbtn=Menubutton(root,text="Font")
fontbtn.config(font=('arial',20,'bold'),bg="DodgerBlue2",fg="white")
fontbtn.grid(row=1,column=1)
fontbtn.menu=Menu(fontbtn,tearoff=0)
fontbtn["menu"]=fontbtn.menu

fontbtn.menu.add_checkbutton(label="Arial",
command=Arial)

fontbtn.menu.add_checkbutton(label="Algerian", 
command=Algerian)

fontbtn.menu.add_checkbutton(label="Cambria", 
command=Cambria)

fontbtn.menu.add_checkbutton(label="Courier",
command=Courier)

boldbtn=Button(root,command=boldDoc,text="Bold")
boldbtn.grid(row=1,column=2)
boldbtn.config(font=('arial',20,'bold'),bg="DodgerBlue2",fg="white")

textarea=Text(root)
textarea.grid(row=2,columnspan=5)

# To know or add more font options
# fonts=list(font.families())
# fonts.sort() 

mainloop()

Functions Used:

1. Savedoc: It will ask for the location where the user wants to save the current document and then the file name. And finally, it will save the document.
2. bolddoc: It will highlight the entire text of the document by changing its style to bold.
3. Algerian: It will change the font style of the entire text to Algerian.
4. Arial: It will change the font style of the entire text to Arial.
5. Courier: It will change the font style of the entire text to Courier
6. Cambria: It will change the font style of the entire text to Cambria.

Variables Used:

• root: the main GUI window.
• savebtn: it saves the document by calling savedoc function.
• fontbtn: It is a menu that displays all available fonts. If you want to add more fonts you may add as many as you want, uncommenting the below lines will list all available fonts.

# To know or add more font options
# fonts=list(font.families())
# fonts.sort()

• boldbtn: It calls bolddoc function which highlights the text.

Text Editor Output

Summary

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