THANKS! That was awfully close to my desired goal.

Inside of: 

  sub Populate
    {
      ...
    }

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You have: 
  my $entry = $frame -> Entry(
                               -textvariable => $tv, # NOTE
                             ) -> pack(-fill => 'x');

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Why isnt it ' -textvariable => \$tv, ' ?

When I call widgets inside of DialogBox I do: 

  GUIask (
           -textvariable => \$input,
         )

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Why the disconnect/inconsistancy ? I totally dont get this difference.

#######################################

Inside of 

  sub Populate
              {

              }

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you have: 
  my $label = $frame -> Label (
                                -fg => 'blue',
                                -font => 30
                              ) -> pack(-fill => 'x'  );

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Shouldnt the label be inside the frame (and colored blue) ? Because I am not seeing that; this is something I want.

If I click on the main window, and move it, my widget gets covered up.

SEE: Writing my first PERL/Tk megawidgit

This mega-widget does not do that. Why? (Also another Q by me). This mega-widget stuff is new to me.

It would be nice to have some comments, to make this code more understandable like the 

  Entry(
         -textvariable => $tv, 
       ) -> pack(-fill => 'x');

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block above. (why its not \$tv )

2022-02-23 Athanasius added code and paragraph tags.

In reply to Re^2: Building an adaptable 'Entry Widget' by Anonymous Monk
in thread Building an adaptable 'Entry Widget' by Anonymous Monk

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