PerlCowboy:

I think it's because you need to change:

my $button1 = $mw->Button(-text => "18-Letters",
                          -command => sub {print OUTFILE "18L\n", back
+ground => "yellow"})->pack(-side =>"top");

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to this:

my $button1 = $mw->Button(-text => "18-Letters",
                          -command => sub {print OUTFILE "18L\n" },
                          -background => "yellow"})->pack(-side =>"top
+");

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I don't use Tk or Tkx, but it seems to me that:

sub { print OUTFILE "18L\n", background => "yellow" }

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Can't possibly do what you're expecting. The print statement doesn't know anything about colors. In fact, the code is essentially equal to:

sub { print OUTFILE "18L\n", "background", "yellow" }

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So if you look at the file you're printing to, I'd expect you'll see some unexpected "backgroundyellow" strings in there.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re: Change button color with Tk by roboticus
in thread Change button color with Tk by PerlCowboy

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