Ok, now I see better what you are trying to accomplish... Seems to me like it would be easier to just use the validateCommand and invalidCommand options in the Entries.

See below: Of course the parameters of what constitutes a "bad" entry probably need to be adjusted.

Minor edit: regularized some variables.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

use Tk;
use Tk::Dialog;

my %w;    # widget hash

my @entries = (
    { max => 100, min => 10, value => 50 },
    { max => 150, min => 15, value => 75 },
    { max => 200, min => 20, value => 110 },
);

$w{mw} = MainWindow->new;

$w{frame} = $w{mw}->Frame->pack( -padx => 50, -pady => 50 );

for my $i ( 0 .. 2 ) {
    ${w}{entries}[$i]{name} = $w{frame}->Entry(
        -relief       => 'raised',
        -textvariable => \$entries[$i]{value},
        -validate     => 'focusout',
        -vcmd         => sub {
                 $_[0] !~ /\D/
              && $_[0] <= $entries[$i]{max}
              && $_[0] >= $entries[$i]{min};
        },
        -invcmd => sub {
            $w{invalid}->configure(
                  -text => (
                           $_[0] =~ /\D/ )             ? 'Not an integ
+er'
                       : ( $_[0] > $entries[$i]{max} ) ? 'Number too l
+arge'
                       : ( $_[0] < $entries[$i]{min} ) ? 'Number too s
+mall'
                       :                                 'Bogus entry'
                  );
            $w{invalid}->Show;
            ${w}{entries}[$i]{name}->focus;
        },

      )->pack(
        -side => 'left',
        -padx => 50,
        -pady => 50
      );

}

$w{invalid} = $w{mw}->Dialog( -title => 'Invalid entry' );

MainLoop;

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In reply to Re^5: Tk - Focus & Mouse - On & Off by thundergnat
in thread Tk - Focus & Mouse - On & Off by merrymonk

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