I'm going gaga on a simple Perl/Tk operation here...

When -width is specified, why is the text label contents always centred? -justify is documented to only work with multi-line content (and I've tried it anyway and the content is still always centred). Experiments with pack, place, etc don't seem to shed any light on it.

How can the contents of a fixed-width text label be left-justified? The attached code shows that as soon as the widget is created, it's already centring the text, even before the button action changes the text content. 

use strict;
use Tk;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

my $lbl = $mw->Label(  # File
             -text => '(start)',
#             -width => 12,
             -background => 'bisque',
#             -justify => 'left',
             -relief => 'groove',
          )->pack;

my $btn = $mw->Button(
             -text => "Go!",
             -command => \&test,
          )->pack;

MainLoop;

sub test {
   $lbl->configure(-text => 'A');
}

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As usual, I'm trying this with ActiveState Perl, Build 813 under WinXP.

Any suggestions on where to look next?

Thanks.

In reply to Content of Perl/Tk Fixed-Width Text Label is Always Centred!? by ozboomer

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