TkLabel

TkLabel is tkinter’s classic tk.Label, themed by ttkbootstrap and re-exported as ttk.TkLabel. It displays a line or block of read-only text, an image, or both. Prefer the ttk Label for themed text; reach for TkLabel only when you need a classic-tk option the ttk label doesn’t expose (a per-widget background/foreground, bitmap, activeforeground, disabledforeground).

Options

Option	Type	Description
autostyle	bool	Constructor only. True (default) paints the label with the active theme and repaints on a theme switch; False opts out.
text	str	The string to display.
textvariable	Variable	A StringVar whose value is shown and tracked live.
image	PhotoImage	An image to display in place of, or beside, the text.
bitmap	str	A built-in bitmap to display instead of an image.
compound	str	How text and image are combined: "none", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", or "center".
underline	int	The character index to underline (for a keyboard mnemonic), or -1.
font	str | Font	The font for the text.
foreground (fg)	str	The text color.
background (bg)	str	The surface color.
activeforeground	str	The text color while the label is active (e.g. under the pointer in a menu).
activebackground	str	The surface color while the label is active.
disabledforeground	str	The text color when state is "disabled".
justify	str	Alignment of multi-line text: "left", "center", or "right".
anchor	str	Where the content sits within any extra space: "n", "ne", "center", and so on.
wraplength	int	The width, in pixels, at which text wraps to a new line (0 disables wrapping).
width	int	The requested width in characters (0 fits the content).
height	int	The requested height in lines (0 fits the content).
padx	int	Internal horizontal padding around the content, in pixels.
pady	int	Internal vertical padding around the content, in pixels.
borderwidth (bd)	int	The 3-D border width in pixels.
relief	str	The border style: "flat", "raised", "sunken", "groove", "ridge", or "solid".
highlightthickness	int	The width of the focus highlight around the widget.
highlightcolor	str	The focus-highlight color when the widget has focus.
highlightbackground	str	The focus-highlight color when the widget does not have focus.
state	str	"normal", "active", or "disabled".
cursor	str	The mouse cursor (see Cursors).
takefocus	bool	Whether the label accepts keyboard focus during traversal.

Shared capabilities

TkLabel also has the methods every widget inherits — configuration, placement, event binding, lifecycle, focus, and introspection. These are documented under Capabilities.

See also

• Label — the themed ttk label (preferred).

• Tk label manual page — the canonical upstream reference (Tcl 8.6).