As this one seems to have stumped (or bored) the monks, here's my final optimal(?) solution, tested on Windows, OS-X and Linux for adding a right mouse popup "Edit" menu to Widgets like Tk::Entry and Tk::BrowseList which don't already have such a feature. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Demo right mouse click activated cut and paste
# on Tk widgets that don't have it, like Tk::Entry.
#

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

my ($txt1, $txt2);

MAIN:
{
  Tk::CmdLine::SetArguments(qw(-geometry +410+300));
  my $win = MainWindow->new(-title=>'Cut and Paste Demo');

  my $frame = $win->Frame;
  my $f1 = $frame->Entry(-textvariable=>\$txt1, -width=>64, );
  my $f2 = $frame->Entry(-textvariable=>\$txt2, -width=>64, );
  $f1->grid(-row=>1, -column=>1, -padx=>10, -pady=>10, );
  $f2->grid(-row=>2, -column=>1, -padx=>10, -pady=>10, );
  $frame->pack;

  add_edit_popup($win, $f1);

  MainLoop;
}


#
# Adds a right-click Edit popup menu to a widget.
#
sub add_edit_popup
{
  my ($mw, $obj) = @_;
  my $menu = $mw->Menu(-tearoff=>0, -menuitems=>[
    [qw/command Cut/, -command=>['clipboardCut', $obj,]],
    [qw/command Copy/, -command=>['clipboardCopy', $obj,]],
    [qw/command Paste/, -command=>['clipboardPaste', $obj]],
    '',
    [command=>'Select All', -command=>[ 
      sub { $_[0]->selectionRange(0, 'end'); }, $obj, ]],
    [command=>'Unselect All', -command=>[ 
      sub { $_[0]->selectionClear; }, $obj, ]],
  ]);
  $obj->menu($menu);
  $obj->bind('<3>', ['PostPopupMenu', Ev('X'), Ev('Y'), ]);
  return $obj;
}

__END__

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If anyone can improve it, or sees potential problems with it, I'd appreciate a post.

In reply to Re^2: Right-click Edit/Paste in TK Browse Entry by ron7
in thread Right-click Edit/Paste in TK Browse Entry by ron7

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