Tk: How do I keep only one button checked at a time?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

This is probably a easy question. I have a tk gui that uses Checkbuttons. How do i keep only one button checked at a time.

2006-04-22 Retitled by g0n, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'Checkbutton'

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Re: Tk: How do I keep only one button checked at a time? by jpeg (Chaplain) on Apr 22, 2006 at 00:57 UTC
I guess you could write a callback that would loop through the other Checkbuttons and toggle their onValue - but if only one may be selected at a time, why aren't you using radio buttons? -- jpg	[reply]
Re: Tk: How do I keep only one button checked at a time? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 22, 2006 at 01:29 UTC
Use radiobuttons not checkbuttons. sorry stupid question. ive used radiobuttons many times before just having a brain freeze.	[reply]
Re: Tk: How do I keep only one button checked at a time? by calin (Deacon) on Apr 22, 2006 at 18:59 UTC
Jakob Nielsen article: Checkboxes vs. Radio Buttons	[reply]