(probably simple) ... and no sign of the inside pane or green bar. Please shed some wisdom on me, where are my widgets?!

:) it never is

When trying to figure stuff like this out, add -bg to every widget

Also add a label or other widgets like Re: TK Gui Help

See Tk::pack for description of the algorithm

Use Tk::WidgetDump to see what p> See sub Tk::Widget::Scrolled and sub Tk::Frame::AddScrollbars actually does