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Rick Johnson rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 10:33:49 EST 2011 
On Dec 14, 12:47 pm, Muddy Coder <cosmo_gene... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am trying to write letters on a photo that is opened in a canvas. So
> I think I must need a widget to contain the letters I will type in. I
> tried to use a Label, it worked. But, a Label covered part of the
> photo underneath, so I can't use it. I saw some software did such a
> thing nicely: a box popped on a photo, with dotted lines as borders,
> expandable. When such a box was re-sized with a mouse, the font size
> in the box also got changed. The box has no background color, so it
> does not cover a rectangle area on the photo. I need such a widget,
> but I don't know what is this one. I tried Text, Label, but they all
> come with Window-like stuff, so they cover some photo content. Can
> somebody points me a direction? Thanks!

Listen Muddy, this is not first time that you've come here seeking
advice with a cryptic and ambiguous post. People have been very
patient and even asked you to be more explicit with your questions. I
highly advise you to re-write your original post and include which GUI
library you are using and any other pertinent info.

My guess is that you are using Tkinter. If so, i believe the canvas
has a method called "create_text" which will do what you want. To make
the input easier to code, use a Tkinter Entry widget stuffed into a
dialog -- tkSimpleDialog makes this, well, simple.

PS: Clean up you act Muddy!
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