Dear monks, I wonder if it is possible to 'cascade' the optionmenu widget or other widget different from the menu widget. Why? Consider below example. I want to avoid a too long list of options. The elements in the list always consists out of a static part+an index. So it would be ideal if I could show the static part in the main optionlist and once this static part is selected, the dynamic part should appear.

So iso:
opt1 opt2 opt3 opt4 dinner1 dinner2 dinner3 dinner4 desert1 desert2 desert3 desert4 desert5

I want, visualized in Tk:
opt -> opt1 opt2 opt3 opt4
dinner -> dinner1 dinner2 dinner3 dinner4
desert -> desert1 desert2 desert3 desert4 desert5


#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use Tk;
# Main Window
$mw = new MainWindow;

my $var;
my $opt = $mw -> Optionmenu(-options => [qw(opt1 opt2 opt3 opt4 dinner
+1 dinner2 dinner3 dinner4 desert1 desert2 desert3 desert4 desert5 )],
        -variable => \$var,
        )->pack;

$mw->Button(-text=>'Exit', -command=>sub{$mw->destroy})->pack;

MainLoop;

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In reply to Tk: cascade widget != menu by yike

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