Tcl/Tk - Textish Widgets

Textish Widgets - Tcl/Tk module T223

The Entry, text and listbox widgets provide a user data entry and edit capability which is highly configurable by the programmer - you can write a complete editor using a text widget if you like. ÊThis module covers the three text-ish widgets in detail.

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Examples from our training material

form	Form using Tk entry widget
form2	Second form using Tk entry widget
lbex	Sample answer - listbox to choose types of fruit
listbox1	Tk listbox example
listbox2	Tk second listbox example (code snippet only)
teditor	Simple text editor in Tk
tkt	A Tktable is a tabulator widget in Tcl/Tk
tktext	a Tk text widget used as a vericle for custom text editing
tktx2	Marks and tags and editing in a Tk text widget
tktxt	Tk - Text Widget - first easy example

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globally refresh text related widgets

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Topics covered in this module

The listbox widget.
Scrolling a listbox.
The entry widget.
The text widget.
Text indices.
Text marks and tags.
Index arithmetic.
Editing facilities.
Other operations on text widgets.

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