##http://www.python-course.eu/tkinter_text_widget.php from tkinter import * root = Tk() S = Scrollbar(root) T = Text(root, height=4, width=50) S.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y) T.pack(side=LEFT, fill=Y) S.config(command=T.yview) T.config(yscrollcommand=S.set) quote = """HAMLET: To be, or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep-- No more--and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.""" T.insert(END, quote) mainloop( )