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  1. POHow to wait for return to be clicked with the entry widget?
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    copied!<p>I am just trying to make a non-graphic game in Tkinter but am having trouble with the entry widget. How can I wait for <code>"&lt;Return&gt;"</code> to be pressed before printing something?</p> <pre><code> from Tkinter import * class App: def __init__(self, master): frame = Frame(master) frame.pack() f = Frame(master, width=500, height=300) f.pack(fill=X, expand=True) mt = StringVar() menubar = Menu(master) menubar.add_command(label="New Game", command=self.new_game) menubar.add_command(label="Continue Game", command=self.continue_game) master.config(menu=menubar) maintext = Label(master, fg="blue", textvariable=mt) maintext.pack(side=BOTTOM) mt.set("") self.e1 = Entry(master) self.e1.pack() self.e1.bind("&lt;Return&gt;") self.e1.lower() global mt def new_game(self): mt.set("What do you want your username to be?") self.e1.lift() #wait for &lt;Return&gt; to be pressed mt.set("Welcome " + self.e1.get()) def continue_game(self): mt.set("Type your username in.") root = Tk() app = App(root) root.mainloop() </code></pre> <p>I want it to be when I click "New Game" on the top menubar, it shows the entry box and waits for me to type something in, and then click enter. THEN it prints out "Welcome"+(what the person types in). What actually happens is when I click New game, it immediately just prints "Welcome".</p> <p>By print, I mean aet the Label at the bottom to something else, which is reffered to by "mt.set".</p>
 

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