Oh, well that's something different. So, is it okay for you if the user hits the "return" key (aka "Enter") to indicate that the string in the Entry is now finished? (The user will probably have to do something to signal that their done typing.) In that case, try adding this somewhere in your code after declaring the Entry widgets: 

$top->bind( 'Tk::Entry', '<Enter>', \&your_subroutine );

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I suppose if you wanted the subroutine to be triggered on every keystroke, so you could see each key as it's typed, you could try: 

$top->bind( 'Tk::Entry', '<KeyRelease>', [\&subroutine, Ev('K')] );

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In this case, the subroutine gets the keystroke value as the second argument (first arg is the reference to the entry widget that got the event).

In reply to Re: Re: Question on Tk Entry by graff
in thread Question on Tk Entry by Popcorn Dave

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