Ok, I took another stab at this... It's been a very, very long time since I did Tk.

This code provides 5 vertical entry fields which can be edited (that's what you can do to an entry field as opposed to a label or a button). You press the 'Print Values' button to see the edited values of these entry windows. I omitted the pack() details which can specify width, etc and also wrap around if desired. Tweaking these details can be time consuming.

The main point here is whether or not I have the general idea of what you wanted? 

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Data::Dumper;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();

my @entry_refs;

foreach (qw (1 2 3 4 5) )
{
    push @entry_refs, create_entry_object ($mw, "Default Value is: $_"
+, );    
}

$mw->Button(-text => 'Print Values', -command => \&list_entries)->pack
+(); 

MainLoop;


sub list_entries
{
   print "\n";
   foreach my $ref (@entry_refs)
   {
      print "$$ref\n";
   }
}

sub create_entry_object
{
   my $window = shift;
   my $text_var = shift;
   
   $window->Entry(-textvar => \$text_var )->pack;
   return \$text_var;
}

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Update: I looked back at this code and it appears to me that you need some Label objects to the left of the "ENTRY" objects. Take a stab at that and let us know how you are doing.

In reply to Re: how to write a vertical TK Entry? by Marshall
in thread how to write a vertical TK Entry? by jsteng

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