Thanks for that. I am going to try the move idea which I
think I can do by setting a tag for all the items I want to move.
I do not think that I need to know where the widget is originally
if I simply use the neagitve values of the move to get them back again.
However, for other reasons I would like to find the current position of them.
I know where they are to begin with but I do move them.
I could keep a record of their moves but it would be much simpler if I could find out where they are.
As my original question showed I have tried various things but without success.
Is it possible and if so how?

In reply to Re^2: Fogetting Tk Canvas widgets by merrymonk
in thread Fogetting Tk Canvas widgets by merrymonk

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