Just to set the text within: 
$dropdown->Subwidget("entry")->Subwidget("entry")->configure(-text=>"F
+irst");

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Use WidgetInspection to look into widgets 
use Tk;

sub WidgetInspection {
        my $widget = $_[0];
        foreach my $secret (
        ['SubWidget'   => "Advertised Subwidgets"],
        ['Delegates'   => "Delegated Methods"],
        ['Configure'   => "configure( ) Options"],
        ['ConfigSpecs' => "Configure Specifications"],
        ) {
                printf "\n%-11s - %s\n", $secret->[0], $secret->[1];
                foreach my $class (keys %{$widget->{$secret->[0]}}) {
                        printf "%20s: %31s\n", $class, $widget->{$secr
+et->[0]}->{$class};
                }
        }
}

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
my $obj = $mw->BrowseEntry(-label=>"test")->pack();

WidgetInspection($obj);

MainLoop;

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In reply to Re: How can I get the index of the currently selected Tk::BrowseEntry element? by glenn
in thread How can I get the index of the currently selected Tk::BrowseEntry element? by Anonymous Monk

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