# `tkinter.scrolledtext` — Scrolled text widget

Source code: Lib/tkinter/scrolledtext.py

The `tkinter.scrolledtext` module provides a class of the same name which implements a basic text widget which has a vertical scroll bar configured to do the “right thing.” Using the `ScrolledText` class is a lot easier than setting up a text widget and scroll bar directly.

The text widget and scrollbar are packed together in a `Frame`, and the methods of the `Pack`, `Grid` and `Place` geometry managers are acquired from the `Frame` object. This allows the `ScrolledText` widget to be used directly to achieve most normal geometry management behavior.

Should more specific control be necessary, the following attributes are available:

class tkinter.scrolledtext.ScrolledText(master=None, *, use_ttk=False, **kw)

  The keyword arguments are passed to the `Text` widget.

  When use_ttk is true, the surrounding frame and the scroll bar are the themed `tkinter.ttk` widgets; the default is the classic `tkinter` widgets.

  Changed in version 3.16.0a0 (unreleased): Added the use_ttk parameter.

  frame

    The frame which surrounds the text and scroll bar widgets.

  vbar

    The scroll bar widget.