cursor the mouse pointer will be changed to the cursor type set to the arrowdot etc exportselection the text written inside the entry box will be automatically copied to the clipboard by default we can set the exportselection to to not copy this fg it represents the color of the text font it represents the font type of the text highlightbackground it represents the color to display in the traversal highlight region when the widget does not have the input focus highlightcolor it represents the color to display in the traversal highlight region when the widget does not have the input focus highlightthickness it represents non-negative value indicating the width of the highlight rectangle to draw around the outside of the widget when it has the input focus insertbackground it represents the color to use as background in the area covered by the insertion cursor this color will normally override either the normal background for the widget insertbackground it represents the color to use as background in the are covered by the insertion cursor this color will normally override either the normal background for the widget justify it specifies how the text is orgranized if the text contains multiple lines relief it specifies the type of the border its default value is flat selectbackground the background color of the selected text show it is used to show the entry text of some other type instead of the string for example the password is typed using stars(*textvariable it is set to the instance of the stringvar to retrieve the text from the entry width the width of the displayed text or image xscrollcommand the entry widget can be linked to the horizontal scrollbar if we want the user to enter more text then the actual width of the widget