import Tkinter root = Tkinter.Tk() text = Tkinter.Text() text.focus_set() vbar = Tkinter.Scrollbar(orient='vertical', command=text.yview) text.configure(yscrollcommand=vbar.set) vbar.pack(side='right', fill='y') text.pack(fill='both', expand=True) for l in range(int(text['height']) + 10): text.insert('end', "x\n") root.mainloop()