Listboxes
Listboxes changed quite a bit in Tk 4.0. See Chapter 32 for all the details. There are now four Motif-like selection styles, and two of these support disjoint selections. The tk_listboxSingleSelect procedure no longer exists. Instead, configure the selectMode attribute of the listbox. A listbox has an active element, which is drawn with an underline. It is referenced with the active index keyword.
The selection commands for listboxes have changed. Change:
$listbox select from index1 $listbox select to index2
to:
$listbox select anchor index1 $listbox select set anchor index2
The set operation takes two indices, and anchor is a valid index, which typically corresponds to the start of a selection.
You can selectively clear the selection, ...
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