Varying font settings within a cell in Tk::TableMatrix?

elef has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi monks, the title says it all. Is it possible to display text in TableMatrix so that, say, the fifth word is in a pink font or has a yellow background? I remember seeing sample code for doing this in some other Tk widget (probably label or something basic like that) but I can't remember where I saw it and I have no idea if the same approach would work in TableMatrix.
(Background: I plan to use TableMatrix to display the results of a text lookup and I would like to highlight the matched word/expression.)

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Re: Varying font settings within a cell in Tk::TableMatrix? by elef (Friar) on Jun 02, 2013 at 07:23 UTC
No comment from anyone? One solution I thought of is to put Label widgets in every cell, which TableMatrix supports out of the box. Then if I can find the code for putting mixed fonts in labels, I'm all set. It would probably be simpler and more efficient to do this within TableMatrix, of course.	[reply]
Re^2: Varying font settings within a cell in Tk::TableMatrix? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 02, 2013 at 08:37 UTC
No comment from anyone? <Nelson Muntz>Ha-ha!</Nelson Muntz> It would probably be simpler and more efficient to do this withing TableMatrix, of course. The docs don't show that its possible, ~~although it might be :)~~ its not So stick a Tk::Text into a cell and there you go, $table->get('row,col') then tagAdd/tagConfigure ... in theory Or patch/extend Tk-TableMatrix-1.23\pTk\tkTableTag.c and ... c-fudge :)	[reply]