title: tkinter notepad program trying to make a right click copy paste option really new to this can't get this to work
body: <p>I have a basic notepad program that you can save stuff with but I want when you right click after highlighting something I want to be able to copy / paste.</p>
  
  <p>I haven't tried much not sure how to do this.</p>
  
  <p>Python code(notepad)</p>
  
  <pre><code>import tkinter 
  import os     
  from tkinter import *
  from tkinter.messagebox import *
  from tkinter.filedialog import *
  
  class Notepad: 
      __root = Tk()
  
  # default window width and height 
  __thisWidth = 300
  __thisHeight = 300
  __thisTextArea = Text(__root) 
  __thisMenuBar = Menu(__root) 
  __thisFileMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) 
  __thisEditMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) 
  __thisHelpMenu = Menu(__thisMenuBar, tearoff=0) 
  
  # To add scrollbar 
  __thisScrollBar = Scrollbar(__thisTextArea)      
  __file = None
  
  def __init__(self,**kwargs): 
  
      # Set icon 
      try: 
              self.__root.wm_iconbitmap("Notepad.ico")  
      except: 
              pass
  
      # Set window size (the default is 300x300) 
  
      try: 
          self.__thisWidth = kwargs['width'] 
      except KeyError: 
          pass
  
      try: 
          self.__thisHeight = kwargs['height'] 
      except KeyError: 
          pass
  
      # Set the window text 
      self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad") 
  
      # Center the window 
      screenWidth = self.__root.winfo_screenwidth() 
      screenHeight = self.__root.winfo_screenheight() 
  
      # For left-align 
      left = (screenWidth / 2) - (self.__thisWidth / 2)  
  
      # For right-align 
      top = (screenHeight / 2) - (self.__thisHeight /2)  
  
      # For top and bottom 
      self.__root.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (self.__thisWidth, 
                                            self.__thisHeight, 
                                            left, top))  
  
      # To make the textarea auto resizable 
      self.__root.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1) 
      self.__root.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1) 
  
      # Add controls (widget) 
      self.__thisTextArea.grid(sticky = N + E + S + W) 
  
      # To open new file 
      self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="New", 
                                      command=self.__newFile)     
  
      # To open a already existing file 
      self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Open", 
                                      command=self.__openFile) 
  
      # To save current file 
      self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Save", 
                                      command=self.__saveFile)     
  
      # To create a line in the dialog         
      self.__thisFileMenu.add_separator()                                          
      self.__thisFileMenu.add_command(label="Exit", 
                                      command=self.__quitApplication) 
      self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="File", 
                                     menu=self.__thisFileMenu)      
  
      # To give a feature of cut  
      self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Cut", 
                                      command=self.__cut)              
  
      # to give a feature of copy     
      self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Copy", 
                                      command=self.__copy)          
  
      # To give a feature of paste 
      self.__thisEditMenu.add_command(label="Paste", 
                                      command=self.__paste)          
  
      # To give a feature of editing 
      self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="Edit", 
                                     menu=self.__thisEditMenu)      
  
      # To create a feature of description of the notepad 
      self.__thisHelpMenu.add_command(label="About Notepad", 
                                      command=self.__showAbout)  
      self.__thisMenuBar.add_cascade(label="Help", 
                                     menu=self.__thisHelpMenu) 
  
      self.__root.config(menu=self.__thisMenuBar) 
  
      self.__thisScrollBar.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=Y)                     
  
      # Scrollbar will adjust automatically according to the content         
      self.__thisScrollBar.config(command=self.__thisTextArea.yview)      
      self.__thisTextArea.config(yscrollcommand=self.__thisScrollBar.set) 
  
  
  def __quitApplication(self): 
      self.__root.destroy() 
      # exit() 
  
  def __showAbout(self): 
      showinfo("Notepad","Mrinal Verma") 
  
  def __openFile(self): 
  
      self.__file = askopenfilename(defaultextension=".txt", 
                                    filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"), 
                                      ("Text Documents","*.txt")]) 
  
      if self.__file == "": 
  
          # no file to open 
          self.__file = None
      else: 
  
          # Try to open the file 
          # set the window title 
          self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad") 
          self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) 
  
          file = open(self.__file,"r") 
  
          self.__thisTextArea.insert(1.0,file.read()) 
  
          file.close() 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  def __newFile(self): 
      self.__root.title("Untitled - Notepad") 
      self.__file = None
      self.__thisTextArea.delete(1.0,END) 
  
  def __saveFile(self): 
  
      if self.__file == None: 
          # Save as new file 
          self.__file = asksaveasfilename(initialfile='Untitled.txt', 
                                          defaultextension=".txt", 
                                          filetypes=[("All Files","*.*"), 
                                              ("Text Documents","*.txt")]) 
  
          if self.__file == "": 
              self.__file = None
          else: 
  
              # Try to save the file 
              file = open(self.__file,"w") 
              file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) 
              file.close() 
  
              # Change the window title 
              self.__root.title(os.path.basename(self.__file) + " - Notepad") 
  
  
      else: 
          file = open(self.__file,"w") 
          file.write(self.__thisTextArea.get(1.0,END)) 
          file.close() 
  
  def __cut(self): 
      self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("&lt;&lt;Cut&gt;&gt;") 
  
  def __copy(self): 
      self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("&lt;&lt;Copy&gt;&gt;") 
  
  def __paste(self): 
      self.__thisTextArea.event_generate("&lt;&lt;Paste&gt;&gt;") 
  
  def run(self): 
  
      # Run main application 
      self.__root.mainloop() 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Run main application 
  notepad = Notepad(width=600,height=400) 
  notepad.run() 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I thought would work</p>
  
  <pre><code>w = Label(root, text="Right-click to display menu", width=40, height=20)
  w.pack()
  
  # create a menu
  popup = Menu(root, tearoff=0)
  popup.add_command(label="Next") # , command=next) etc...
  popup.add_command(label="Previous")
  popup.add_separator()
  popup.add_command(label="Home")
  
  def do_popup(event):
  # display the popup menu
  try:
      popup.tk_popup(event.x_root, event.y_root, 0)
  finally:
      # make sure to release the grab (Tk 8.0a1 only)
      popup.grab_release()
  
  w.bind("&lt;Button-3&gt;", do_popup)
  
  b = Button(root, text="Quit", command=root.destroy)
   b.pack()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I expect when u right click after highlighting that you can copy paste. At the moment there is no right click menu or function for copying/ pasting. u can remove the tab on the top for copy paste if it can be put in a right click popup.</p>