Hi:)
I missed this out earlier.Consider this bit of code.

map { [Button => $_, -command => sub { replace($_) }] } @menu_items
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Is there a way to extract the label of that button in the menu, that the user clicks on,e.g. if the user clicks on
the first button, the label 'Foo', if it is the third button,the label 'Baz', and so on.

So that we can have a replace function like this:

sub replace{

my $chosen="Label of button user clicked on";                         
+    
  
  $t->insert('sel.first',"$chosen");              
  $t->delete('sel.first','sel.last');              
  $t->tagConfigure("rp",-foreground=>"black");

  my $r=$t->search(-forwards,"$chosen",'end');
  $t->tagAdd("rp","$r","$r wordend");
}
1;
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I need to use a replace function to replace a word marked by the sel tag in a text widget by the label of the menu button.

Or else is it possible to call three subroutines,each being invoked when a particular menu button is clicked.Earlier
my code was of the form:

$m = $top->Menu(-tearoff => 0,font => "{arial} 12 {bold}",
        -menuitems =>        
    [
     [Button => "$opt1",   -command => \&replace1],
     [Button => "$opt2",   -command => \&replace2],
     [Button => "$opt3",   -command => \&replace3],
    ]
   );

sub replace1{

   my $chosen1=$menu_items[0];                              
   $t->insert('sel.first',"$chosen1");              
   $t->delete('sel.first','sel.last');              
   $t->tagConfigure("rp1",-foreground=>"black");

   my $r1=$t->search(-forwards,"$chosen1",'end');
   $t->tagAdd("rp1","$r1","$r1 wordend");
}
1;

sub replace2{

my $chosen2=$menu_items[1];
...
}
1;

sub replace3{

my $chosen3=$menu_items[2];
...
}
1;
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I tried this but it keeps printing only the first label, i.e. "Foo", even when we click on other menu buttons.

sub replace{

  my $chosen="$menu_items[$_]";    
  
  print "\nThe selected word:";
  print "\n$chosen";

  
}
1;
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Thanks in advance.
:)

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