from Tkinter import * import string # This program shows how to use a simple type-in box class App(Frame): def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) self.pack() self.entrythingy = Entry() self.entrythingy.pack() # and here we get a callback when the user hits return. we could # make the key that triggers the callback anything we wanted to. # other typical options might be or (for anything) self.entrythingy.bind('', self.print_contents) def print_contents(self, event): print "hi. contents of entry is now ---->", self.entrythingy.get() root = App() root.master.title("Foo") root.mainloop()