Mastering Perl/Tk

Listbox Options

As with any of the widgets, you can configure the Listbox using options. The standard widget options are -cursor, -font, -height, -highlightbackground,-highlightcolor, -highlightthickness, -takefocus, -width, -xscrollcommand, and -yscrollcommand. The options specific to Listbox widgets will be further discussed later in this chapter.

-background => color

Sets the color of the area behind the text.

-borderwidth => amount

Sets the width of the edges of the widget. Default is 2.

-cursor => cursorname

Sets the cursor to display when the mouse is over the Listbox.

1

Determines if the current Listbox selection is made available for the X selection as well. If set to 1, prevents two Listboxes from having selections at the same time.

-font => fontname

Sets the font of any text displayed within the Listbox.

-foreground => color

Sets the color of nonselected text displayed in the Listbox.

-height => amount

Sets the height of the Listbox.

-highlightbackground => color

Sets the color the highlight rectangle should be when the Listbox does not have the keyboard focus.

-highlightcolor => color

Sets the color the highlight rectangle should be when the Listbox does have the keyboard focus.

-highlightthickness => amount

Sets the thickness of the highlight rectangle. Default is 2.

-relief => 'flat'|'groove'|'raised'|'ridge'|' sunken '|'solid'

Sets the relief of the edges of the Listbox.

-selectbackground => color

Sets the color behind any selected ...