I did try createWindow... I'm still learning so I've been just experimenting and doing research trying to get the syntax right. Perhaps though you could explain why doing this:

my $canvaswindow = $canvas->createWindow(0,0, -window => $widget);

$canvaswindow->Tk::bind('<Button-1>' => sub { &dostuff0 });

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...gives me an error saying: "Global symbol "$canvaswindow" requires explicit package name at line 3."

I have created $widget before attempting this, of various types. Is it not possible to create custom event binds on canvas objects? If so, that is why I do not use createWindow. If it is possible I would love to know how.

EDIT: I was able to get things working after I realized that the createWindow method isn't so much creating a new object that gets a reference but rather more like saying "put me here" to a previously created object template.

So, the above instead becomes:

$canvas->createWindow(0,0, -window => $widget);

$widget->Tk::bind('<Button-1>' => sub { &dostuff0 });

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I'll post a full working example in a bit once I finish the translation. Thanks for all the helpful pointers and syntax examples though!

In reply to Re^2: How to destroy and re-create bound widgets by Phinix
in thread How to destroy and re-create bound widgets by Phinix

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