How to Get the Tkinter Label Text?

Prerequisite: Python GUI – Tkinter

Python offers multiple options for developing a GUI (Graphical User Interface). Out of all the GUI methods, tkinter is the most commonly used method. It is a standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python. Python with tkinter is the fastest and easiest way to create GUI applications. Creating a GUI using tkinter is an easy task.

In this article, we are going to write a Python script to get the tkinter label text. Below are the various methods discussed:

Method #1: Using cget() method.

Approach:

• Importing the module.
• Create the main window (container).
• Add Label widgets to the main window.
• Apply the cget() method and get label text.

Implementation:

Python3

# import modules
import tkinter as tk

# object of tkinter
# and background set for light grey
master = tk.Tk()
master.configure(bg='light grey')

# create label
l = tk.Label(master,
             text="Welcome to geeksforgeeks",
             bg="red")

# apply cget()
print("Label text: ", l.cget("text"))

l.pack()
master.mainloop()

Output:

Method #2: Using Dictionary label object.

Approach:

• Importing the module.
• Create the main window (container).
• Add Label widgets to the main window.
• Use Dictionary label object and get label text.

Python3

# import modules
import tkinter as tk

# object of tkinter
# and background set for light grey
master = tk.Tk()
master.configure(bg = 'light grey')

# create label
l = tk.Label(master,
             text = "Welcome to geeksforgeeks",
             bg = "red")

# using dictionary label object
print("Label text: ", l["text"])

l.pack()
tk.mainloop()

Output: