Tkinter - Autocomplete Entry Field

tkinter-autocomplete-listbox.py

"""
Inspired by http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578253-an-entry-with-autocompletion-for-the-tkinter-gui/
Changes:
    - Fixed AttributeError: 'AutocompleteEntry' object has no attribute 'listbox'
    - Fixed scrolling listbox
    - Case-insensitive search
    - Added focus to entry field
    - Custom listbox length, listbox width matches entry field width
    - Custom matches function
"""

from tkinter import *
import re

class AutocompleteEntry(Entry):
    def __init__(self, autocompleteList, *args, **kwargs):

        # Listbox length
        if 'listboxLength' in kwargs:
            self.listboxLength = kwargs['listboxLength']
            del kwargs['listboxLength']
        else:
            self.listboxLength = 8

        # Custom matches function
        if 'matchesFunction' in kwargs:
            self.matchesFunction = kwargs['matchesFunction']
            del kwargs['matchesFunction']
        else:
            def matches(fieldValue, acListEntry):
                pattern = re.compile('.*' + re.escape(fieldValue) + '.*', re.IGNORECASE)
                return re.match(pattern, acListEntry)
                
            self.matchesFunction = matches

        
        Entry.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
        self.focus()

        self.autocompleteList = autocompleteList
        
        self.var = self["textvariable"]
        if self.var == '':
            self.var = self["textvariable"] = StringVar()

        self.var.trace('w', self.changed)
        self.bind("<Right>", self.selection)
        self.bind("<Up>", self.moveUp)
        self.bind("<Down>", self.moveDown)
        
        self.listboxUp = False

    def changed(self, name, index, mode):
        if self.var.get() == '':
            if self.listboxUp:
                self.listbox.destroy()
                self.listboxUp = False
        else:
            words = self.comparison()
            if words:
                if not self.listboxUp:
                    self.listbox = Listbox(width=self["width"], height=self.listboxLength)
                    self.listbox.bind("<Button-1>", self.selection)
                    self.listbox.bind("<Right>", self.selection)
                    self.listbox.place(x=self.winfo_x(), y=self.winfo_y() + self.winfo_height())
                    self.listboxUp = True
                
                self.listbox.delete(0, END)
                for w in words:
                    self.listbox.insert(END,w)
            else:
                if self.listboxUp:
                    self.listbox.destroy()
                    self.listboxUp = False
        
    def selection(self, event):
        if self.listboxUp:
            self.var.set(self.listbox.get(ACTIVE))
            self.listbox.destroy()
            self.listboxUp = False
            self.icursor(END)

    def moveUp(self, event):
        if self.listboxUp:
            if self.listbox.curselection() == ():
                index = '0'
            else:
                index = self.listbox.curselection()[0]
                
            if index != '0':                
                self.listbox.selection_clear(first=index)
                index = str(int(index) - 1)
                
                self.listbox.see(index) # Scroll!
                self.listbox.selection_set(first=index)
                self.listbox.activate(index)

    def moveDown(self, event):
        if self.listboxUp:
            if self.listbox.curselection() == ():
                index = '0'
            else:
                index = self.listbox.curselection()[0]
                
            if index != END:                        
                self.listbox.selection_clear(first=index)
                index = str(int(index) + 1)
                
                self.listbox.see(index) # Scroll!
                self.listbox.selection_set(first=index)
                self.listbox.activate(index) 

    def comparison(self):
        return [ w for w in self.autocompleteList if self.matchesFunction(self.var.get(), w) ]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    autocompleteList = [ 'Dora Lyons (7714)', 'Hannah Golden (6010)', 'Walker Burns (9390)', 'Dieter Pearson (6347)', 'Allen Sullivan (9781)', 'Warren Sullivan (3094)', 'Genevieve Mayo (8427)', 'Igor Conner (4740)', 'Ulysses Shepherd (8116)', 'Imogene Bullock (6736)', 'Dominique Sanchez (949)', 'Sean Robinson (3784)', 'Diana Greer (2385)', 'Arsenio Conrad (2891)', 'Sophia Rowland (5713)', 'Garrett Lindsay (5760)', 'Lacy Henry (4350)', 'Tanek Conley (9054)', 'Octavia Michael (5040)', 'Kimberly Chan (1989)', 'Melodie Wooten (7753)', 'Winter Beard (3896)', 'Callum Schultz (7762)', 'Prescott Silva (3736)', 'Adena Crane (6684)', 'Ocean Schroeder (2354)', 'Aspen Blevins (8588)', 'Allegra Gould (7323)', 'Penelope Aguirre (7639)', 'Deanna Norman (1963)', 'Herman Mcintosh (1776)', 'August Hansen (547)', 'Oscar Sanford (2333)', 'Guy Vincent (1656)', 'Indigo Frye (3236)', 'Angelica Vargas (1697)', 'Bevis Blair (4354)', 'Trevor Wilkinson (7067)', 'Kameko Lloyd (2660)', 'Giselle Gaines (9103)', 'Phyllis Bowers (6661)', 'Patrick Rowe (2615)', 'Cheyenne Manning (1743)', 'Jolie Carney (6741)', 'Joel Faulkner (6224)', 'Anika Bennett (9298)', 'Clayton Cherry (3687)', 'Shellie Stevenson (6100)', 'Marah Odonnell (3115)', 'Quintessa Wallace (5241)', 'Jayme Ramsey (8337)', 'Kyle Collier (8284)', 'Jameson Doyle (9258)', 'Rigel Blake (2124)', 'Joan Smith (3633)', 'Autumn Osborne (5180)', 'Renee Randolph (3100)', 'Fallon England (6976)', 'Fallon Jefferson (6807)', 'Kevyn Koch (9429)', 'Paki Mckay (504)', 'Connor Pitts (1966)', 'Rebecca Coffey (4975)', 'Jordan Morrow (1772)', 'Teegan Snider (5808)', 'Tatyana Cunningham (7691)', 'Owen Holloway (6814)', 'Desiree Delaney (272)', 'Armand Snider (8511)', 'Wallace Molina (4302)', 'Amela Walker (1637)', 'Denton Tillman (201)', 'Bruno Acevedo (7684)', 'Slade Hebert (5945)', 'Elmo Watkins (9282)', 'Oleg Copeland (8013)', 'Vladimir Taylor (3846)', 'Sierra Coffey (7052)', 'Holmes Scott (8907)', 'Evelyn Charles (8528)', 'Steel Cooke (5173)', 'Roth Barrett (7977)', 'Justina Slater (3865)', 'Mara Andrews (3113)', 'Ulla Skinner (9342)', 'Reece Lawrence (6074)', 'Violet Clay (6516)', 'Ainsley Mcintyre (6610)', 'Chanda Pugh (9853)', 'Brody Rosales (2662)', 'Serena Rivas (7156)', 'Henry Lang (4439)', 'Clark Olson (636)', 'Tashya Cotton (5795)', 'Kim Matthews (2774)', 'Leilani Good (5360)', 'Deirdre Lindsey (5829)', 'Macy Fields (268)', 'Daniel Parrish (1166)', 'Talon Winters (8469)' ]
    def matches(fieldValue, acListEntry):
        pattern = re.compile(re.escape(fieldValue) + '.*', re.IGNORECASE)
        return re.match(pattern, acListEntry)
    
    root = Tk()
    entry = AutocompleteEntry(autocompleteList, root, listboxLength=6, width=32, matchesFunction=matches)
    entry.grid(row=0, column=0)    
    Button(text='Python').grid(column=0)
    Button(text='Tkinter').grid(column=0)
    Button(text='Regular Expressions').grid(column=0)
    Button(text='Fixed bugs').grid(column=0)
    Button(text='New features').grid(column=0)
    Button(text='Check code comments').grid(column=0)
    root.mainloop()

Is there a way to pop the list out of the box? This way, we wouldn't need the extra buttons.

Thanks for this code!! but is it working for you when you select a item with a mouse?

+1 rep

When applying the function to a tkinter Toplevel window, the listbox is showing up on the 'main' window. Do you have a fix for that?

How can I click on Python button and print the selected string from the Listbox?

this code dosn't work with Top Level window

How can I do this for a text widget. Instead of Entry widget.

Thanks for the code! Quite useful.
I've forked It in order to enhance some features (like adding up and down cyclic movement through the list) and to adapt It to my needs.

It's nice Please Can you explain how to use this In a Toplevel window;

Thank this guy so much.
Your code is very useful and can be work with my project

It is awesome

To use with either root or toplevel, do check my for of this https://gist.github.com/samuelkazeem/f3e7780de569f0cba5fd3eab469749a4

I introduced this code into a search product of a POS Software.

Thank you.

Thank you man!

It has some weird bug with ttk.Style apparently. The list got separated to another window and can't use search

will you tell me how to read the autocompleted data?

Wow, just saved my day!

Thanks

Nice! How can I collect the value that match the list when we click on a button?

Close. The auto suggested list pops up somewhere far away from the entry. Clicking the selection chooses the wrong value

Just what I was looking for to get started - saved me a ton of work! Thank you.

Saved me a lot of time, thanks

Is there a way to make the AutocompleteEntry read only so that only those items on the list can be used

Works fine. I pull the lists from SQLite. How do I make the list of item a bit bigger, or the font a bit larger?

will you tell me how to read the autocompleted data?

very very THANKS!!! God will bless you ~

Thank you!!!