Listbox Attributes

Table 32-9 lists the listbox widget attributes. The table uses the resource name for the attribute, which has capitals at internal word boundaries. In Tcl commands these options are specified with a dash and all lowercase.

Table 32-9. Listbox attribute resource names.
backgroundBackground color (also bg).
borderWidthExtra space around the edge of the text.
cursorCursor to display when mouse is over the widget.
exportSelectionIf true, then the selected text is exported via the X selection mechanism.
fontFont for the text.
foregroundForeground color (also fg).
heightNumber of lines in the listbox.
highlightBackgroundFocus highlight color when widget does not have focus.
highlightColorFocus highlight color when widget has focus.
highlightThickness ...

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