I am populating a Tk::BrowseEntry widget with a bunch of items whose index in the BrowseEntry list correspond to an element in an array. I am trying to figure out how I can get the currently selected item's index, in the Tk::BrowseEntry widget, so I can use that index number in the -browsecmd option of the Tk::BrowseEntry widget. Here is a sample: 
use Tk;
use Tk::BrowseEntry;

my @items;
my $BrowseEntryindex;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
$items[0]{'cmd'} = sub{print "First BrowseEntry Index Selected\n"};
$items[1]->{'cmd'} = sub{print "Second BrowseEntry Index Selected\n"};

#Need to set $BrowseEntryindex to the index number of the selected ite
+m in $dropdown
my $dropdown = $mw->BrowseEntry( -label => 'Items', -browsecmd => sub{
+ $items[$BrowseEntryindex]{'cmd'}; } )->pack;
$dropdown->insert('end', 'First');
$dropdown->insert('end', 'Second');
$mw->MainLoop;

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In reply to How can I get the index of the currently selected Tk::BrowseEntry element? by Anonymous Monk

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