Hi,

I'm using Tk::Table and I'm having a problem with the scrollbars. I want to have a scrollbar appear only on the right-hand side, and only if there is a 'real' need to scroll (as the Tk::Scrolled pod puts it). This would mean using the 'oe' anchor for the -scrollbars option. This I have done (see code), but I still get the scrollbar, even when it is not needed. Does anyone know why? If there are alternative solutions, keep in mind that I need/want that top non-scrolling row of column headers to still work as designed.

here's the code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Tk::Table;

my $cols = 6;
my $rows = 10;

# create the main window and frame
my $mw = new MainWindow();
my $frame = $mw->Frame()->pack;
my $table = $frame->Table(
  -columns    => $cols,
  -rows       => $rows + 1,
  -fixedrows  => 1,
  -scrollbars => 'oe',
  -relief     => 'raised',
);

# column headings
for my $c(1 .. $cols){
  my $tmp = $table->Label(-text   => 'Row '.$c,
                          -width  => 6,
                          -relief => 'raised',
  );
  $table->put(0,$c,$tmp);
}

# populate the cells and bind an action to each one
for my $r(1 .. $rows){
  for my $c(1 .. $cols){
    my $tmp = $table->Label(
      -text       => $r.','.$c,
      -padx       => 2,
      -anchor     => 'w',
      -background => 'white',
      -relief     => 'groove',
    );
    $table->put($r,$c,$tmp);
  }
}
$table->pack(-expand => 'yes',-fill => 'both');

MainLoop();

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Thanks!

In reply to Tk::Table and optional scrollbar by atreyu

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