Python: How to get an entry box within a message box?

Question

I just realised I hadn't asked the user for their name at the start of the game. So I tried this code:

 Label(root, text="What is you name?").grid(row=0, column=0)
 e1 = self.Entry(root)
 e1.self.grid(row = 0, column=1)

But its not working.

How do I get a message box to pop up in the start of the game saying "Welcome to Math bubbles, what is your name?" The user then types in their name and presses ok. Another message box will pop up saying "Hello _, press the start button to begin". I would like to save the users name so that in the Winner message box I could display their name as well

Answer 1

You can use the tkinter.simpledialog function askstring.

from tkinter.simpledialog import askstring
from tkinter.messagebox import showinfo
name = askstring('Name', 'What is your name?')
showinfo('Hello!', 'Hi, {}'.format(name))

Answer 2

You can create a Dialog box as modal dialog then put an entry box and some buttons to handle your custom dialog messages inside them and show it.