from tkinter import * from tkinter.scrolledtext import ScrolledText def load(): with open(filename.get()) as file: contents.delete('1.0', END) contents.insert(INSERT, file.read()) def save(): with open(filename.get(), 'w') as file: file.write(contents.get('1.0', END)) top = Tk() top.title("Simple Editor") contents = ScrolledText() contents.pack(side=BOTTOM, expand=True, fill=BOTH) filename = Entry() filename.pack(side=LEFT, expand=True, fill=X) Button(text='Open', command=load).pack(side=LEFT) Button(text='Save', command=save).pack(side=LEFT) mainloop()