I only want to input numbers from 0-9 and a "." if I want to input a float number. So far I have this: def keylistener(event): ACCEPTED = ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "."] if not event.char in ACCEPTED: pass # Dont let the character be inputed #.... tk.bind('<KeyPress>', keylistener) can anyone help me? EDIT: maybe there is another problem in my Program, so I extracted the relevant code and post it here now as the complete Python-file from tkinter import * tk = Tk() tk.title("Only Numbers") tk.configure(bg="black") tk_frame = Frame(relief=RAISED,bd=8,bg="gray") category = StringVar(tk_frame) def keylistener(event): ACCEPTED = ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "."] if event.char not in ACCEPTED: return "break" # Dont let the character be inputed entry = Entry(tk_frame,bg="white",fg="black") tk_frame.grid() entry.grid(column=1, row=1) # Start Keylistener tk.bind('<KeyPress>', keylistener) tk.mainloop() Continue reading...