Dear Monks,

I need advise from a Tk user on what would be the easiest way to display two colums of data. The first one contains pre-defined data (like labels) and the other contains data from a file-- the pre-defined text describes the data from the file. There are 5 different "labels" per item. Each item needs to be able to be selected (maybe with a checkbutton). Since there might be lots of data, there is need for at least the vertical scrollbar.

I have tried with Scrolled ('Text'). The display of the labels, the checkboxes and the info from the file works fine, but I have no control over the size of the widget and the scrollbars don't work.

I have tried with an array of listboxes (two --one for the pre-defined text and one for the data from the file). This lets me control the size of the widget and the scrollbar works, but I have not figured out how to process my data and have it display in one listbox while the pre-defined text appears in the other listbox.

Any idea of what kind of widget I need?

Thank you in advance for your time,

Claire

In reply to array of listboxes with vertical scrollbar capable of displaying different data by Real Perl

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