#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::BrowseEntry;

# Create the main window
my $mw;
$mw->{main} = MainWindow->new;

# Create the browse entry
$mw->{a} = $mw->{main}->BrowseEntry(-label => "Select one:")->pack;
$mw->{a}->insert("end", "one");
$mw->{a}->insert("end", "two");
$mw->{a}->insert("end", "three");

my $frame = $mw->{main}->Frame()->pack();

$frame->Button(-text => "Ok",
                -command => \&return_value )->pack(-side => 'left');
$frame->Button(-text => "Exit",
                -command => sub{ $mw->{main}->destroy } )->pack(-side 
+=> 'left');

MainLoop;

sub return_value {
    #return value of selected item here
}

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Given that code, how would I return the value of the selected item in the list? Tried some things, but I'm still new to Tk, and this is my first attempt on Tk::BrowseEntry. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

In reply to Tk::BrowseEntry return value by FireBird34

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