Here is a start. If you look at the TableMatrix.pm code, you will find the sub called Paste. You can modify it and put a start and end into it, like

sub Paste{
print "start\n";

my $w = shift;
my $cell = shift || ''; ## Perltk not sure if translated correctly
my $data;
if ($cell ne '')
{
eval{ $data = $w->GetSelection(); }; return if($@);
}
else
{
eval{ $data = $w->GetSelection('CLIPBOARD'); }; return if($@);
$cell = 'active';
}
$w->PasteHandler($w->index($cell),$data);
$w->focus if ($w->cget('-state') eq 'normal');

print "end\n";
}
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Now the question becomes how to make that change part of your code, without permanently altering the module for everyone.

The easiest method( but clunkiest) is to copy TableMatrix.pm to a subdir called Tk in your script's working directory. Then you can modify your TableMatrix.pm's Paste sub, and put

use lib '.';
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at the top of your script.

The better way, is to just redefine the sub, but you get a redefine warning.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
no warnings "redefine";

use Tk;
use Tk::TableMatrix;

sub Tk::TableMatrix::Paste
{

print "start paste\n";
 my $w = shift;
 my $cell = shift || ''; ## Perltk not sure if translated correctly
 my $data;
 if ($cell ne '')
  {
   eval{ $data = $w->GetSelection(); }; return if($@);
  }
 else
  {
   eval{ $data = $w->GetSelection('CLIPBOARD'); }; return if($@);
   $cell = 'active';
  }
 $w->PasteHandler($w->index($cell),$data);
 $w->focus if ($w->cget('-state') eq 'normal');
print "end paste\n";
}

my $top = MainWindow->new;

my $arrayVar = {};

foreach my $row  (0..20){
    foreach my $col (0..10){
        $arrayVar->{"$row,$col"} = "r$row, c$col";
    }
}



my $t = $top->Scrolled('TableMatrix', -rows => 21, -cols => 11, 
                              -width => 6, -height => 6,
                  -titlerows => 1, -titlecols => 1,
                  -variable => $arrayVar,
                  -selectmode => 'extended',
                  -resizeborders => 'both',
                  -titlerows => 1,
                  -titlecols => 1,
                  -bg => 'white',
                 #  -state => 'disabled'
                #  -colseparator => "\t",
                #  -rowseparator => "\n"
                    );
            
$t->tagConfigure('active', -bg => 'gray90', -relief => 'sunken');
$t->tagConfigure( 'title', -bg => 'gray85', -fg => 'black', -relief =>
+ 'sunken');

# $t->bind("<Any-Enter>", sub { $t->focus });

$t->pack(-expand => 1, -fill => 'both');
Tk::MainLoop;
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The best way is to subclass TableMatrix.pm, but you can search how to do that yourself. Search for making a "Tk megawidget". It's basically the same thing as I shown above, but you create a "MyTableMatrix" widget, based on TableMatrix.pm. This avoids the "redefined" warnings.

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