my $BunchNotebook = $BunchInfoFrame->DynaTabFrame ( -font => $GeneralInformationFont, -tabcolor => 'gray', -raisecolor => 'lightgray', -tabside => 'nw', -tabpadx => 3, -tabpady => 3, -tiptime => 600, #-height => 500, #does not work -tipcolor => 'white' )->pack (-side => 'top', -expand => 1, -fill => 'both'); #then add the tabs: $BunchTabs{$Title} = $BunchNotebook -> add (-caption => $Title);