"""Text with scroll bars."""

from Tkinter import *

class App:

    def __init__(self, parent):
        self.parent = parent
        self.create_widgets()

    def create_widgets(self):
        self.vbar = Scrollbar(
            self.parent,
            orient=VERTICAL)
        self.vbar.pack(side=RIGHT,
                       fill=BOTH)

        self.hbar = Scrollbar(
            self.parent,
            orient=HORIZONTAL)
        self.hbar.pack(side=BOTTOM,
                       fill=BOTH)

        self.text = Text(self.parent,
                         width=40,
                         height=10,
                         wrap=NONE,
           selectbackground='yellow')
        self.text.pack(expand=1,
                       fill=BOTH)

        self.text.config(
            yscrollcommand=
                (self.vbar, 'set'))
        self.vbar.config(
            command=
                (self.text, 'yview'))

        self.text.config(
            xscrollcommand=
                (self.hbar, 'set'))
        self.hbar.config(
            command=
                (self.text, 'xview'))

        self.text.insert(
            END, SAMPLE_DATA)


SAMPLE_DATA = """
This is some example text,
intended to fill the text widget up with some stuff to show the scroll bars.
Note how the horizontal scroll bar reflects the maximum length of the
currently visible lines (this is actually done by the text widget!).

I might as well explain
that there's a little
problem with this version:
the vertical scrollbar extends
into the bottom right corner.

If you have a problem with that,
I believe that the only solution
is to create a frame around one
of the scroll bars
(e.g. the vertical one)
and to add a little empty box
(a Frame widget will do nicely)
to the end of that frame.

The code is ugly and left to
the reader as an exercise.

Hint: you can ask for the
width of any widet using the
winfo_width() method.
"""


# Boilerplate from here on...
if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = Tk()
    app = App(root)
    root.mainloop()