Python Tkinter Label (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 23 Feb, 2026

Tkinter Label widget is used to display text or images inside a Tkinter window. It is commonly used to show titles, captions or information in GUI applications.

**Example: In this example, a simple window is created and display a basic text label.

Python `

import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk() lbl = tk.Label(root, text="Hello World") lbl.pack()

root.mainloop()

`

**Output

Tkinter window displaying a simple "Hello World" label.

**Explanation:

• tk.Label(root, text="Hello World") creates a label with the text Hello World.
• lbl.pack() displays the label in the window.
• root.mainloop() runs the GUI loop to show the window.

Label(master, options)

**Parameters:

• **master: The parent window or widget in which the frame is placed.
• **options: A set of configuration options written as key-value pairs.

Tkinter Label Options

Some commonly used options of the Label widget are:

• **text: The text displayed on the label.
• **image: Displays an image on the label.
• **bg: Sets the background color.
• **fg: Sets the text color.
• **font: Specifies the font style and size.
• **width: Sets the width of the label.
• **height: Sets the height of the label.
• **padx: Adds horizontal padding.
• **pady: Adds vertical padding.
• **relief: Sets the border style (FLAT, RAISED, SUNKEN, etc.).

Example

In this example, a Tkinter window is created and display a styled label with custom font, colors, size and border. This shows how labels are used in real GUI applications.

Python `

import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk() root.geometry("400x200") root.title("Label Example")

lbl = tk.Label(root, text="Welcome to Tkinter", font=("Arial", 16, "bold"), bg="lightblue", fg="darkblue", width=20, height=2, relief="raised")

lbl.pack(pady=30) root.mainloop()

`

**Output

Tkinter window showing a styled label with custom font, colors and border.

**Explanation:

• root.geometry("400x200") sets the window size.
• tk.Label(... text="Welcome to Tkinter" ...) creates the label with text.
• font=("Arial", 16, "bold") styles the text.
• bg="lightblue" sets label background color.
• fg="darkblue" sets text color.
• relief="raised" adds border style.
• lbl.pack(pady=30) displays the label with spacing.