use Tk; my $mw = MainWindow -> new(); my $text = $mw -> Scrolled("Text", -height => 45, -wrap => 'word') -> place (#whatever works); then you need these to add, delete and get text to window. $text -> insert('end', $whatever); $text -> delete("1.0",'end'); my $fetch_the_text = $text -> get("1.0","end");