$top->Button( -text=>'modify', -command=> sub { $stuff->{'3,3'} = 'asfasf'; #&TMRefresh($tg); $tg->configure(-padx =>( $tg->cget(-padx))); }, )->pack; Tk::MainLoop; sub TMRefresh { #Required input TableMatrix object. #use to force matrix to update, a code trick return if (!$_[0]); $_[0]->configure(-padx =>($_[0]->cget(-padx))); }