Request: Right click to bring up a context menu in CTk Entry Widgets doesn't work.

[AlbertSolomon]

I have noticed that right-clicking in the Entry Widget does not work as expected. This means that users are unable to use the context menu to perform actions such as copying and pasting text. Instead, they have to use keyboard shortcuts (ctrl + c / ctrl + v ) which may not be intuitive for all users.

Expected behavior: When right-clicking in the Entry Widget, the context menu should appear, allowing users to perform actions such as copying and pasting text.

Actual behavior: Right-clicking in the Entry Widget does not produce the context menu.

Additional information: I have only tested this issue with the Entry Widget, but it may apply to other widgets as well. Please note that I am using version 5.0.3 of CTk on Windows 11.

[ElectricCandlelight]

Not really a Custom Tkinter issue since this is the same standard behaviour on TKinter.

[Akascape]

@AlbertSolomon This feature is not available in standard tkinter library, so you can't expect that customtkinter will have it by default.

But you can easily make a right click menu using tkinter menu widget. Here is a basic example:

import tkinter
import customtkinter

customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("Dark")

def do_popup(event, frame):
    try: frame.tk_popup(event.x_root, event.y_root)
    finally: frame.grab_release()

root = customtkinter.CTk()

entry_box = customtkinter.CTkEntry(root, width=200)
entry_box.grid(padx=20, pady=20)

RightClickMenu = tkinter.Menu(entry_box, tearoff=False, background='#565b5e', fg='white', borderwidth=0, bd=0)
RightClickMenu.add_command(label="Paste", command=lambda: entry_box.insert(tkinter.END, root.clipboard_get()))
RightClickMenu.add_command(label="Copy", command=lambda: root.clipboard_append(entry_box.get()))

entry_box.bind("<Button-3>", lambda event: do_popup(event, frame=RightClickMenu))
root.bind("<1>", lambda event: event.widget.focus_set())

root.mainloop()

[AlbertSolomon]

@Akascape I tried your implementation and it works like a charm. Thanks for your assistance.

[FranzKol]

It works just if you have a 3-button mouse. If you are i.e. on a mac with a 2-button mouse you need to change the binding to to make it working.

[Akascape]

@FranzKol Add both button bindings in that case: <Button-3> and <Button-2>

[FranzKol]

@FranzKol Add both button bindings in that case: <Button-3> and <Button-2>

Good idea, I just tried to make it working for my own cofiguration. But this will work on any 2- or 3-button mouse. Thank's for the advice.