point me to a good GUI layout reference .... maybe with absolute positions

Well , google for perl Tk geometry tutorial and there are the chapters from the books, Learning Perl Geometry Management and Mastering Perl/Tk Geometry Management.

If you want absolute placement, it sounds like you are looking for the place() or form() manager, which are seldom used.

The problem with those managers is they are trickier to get consistent results when a window resize occurs, but that may not be a problem for you.

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In reply to Re^3: Saving info from Tablematrix::Spreadsheet by zentara
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