Re^3: Entry Widget (copy and paste issue)

I understood. You need to bind a sub to Paste that will overwrite the hilighted text, because the default binding will not do that, not under any circumstance

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Re^4: Entry Widget (copy and paste issue) by rookie_monk (Novice) on Sep 15, 2010 at 17:24 UTC
OH, thanks. Just thought everyone didn't understand what I was trying to do. Thanks.	[reply]
Re^4: Entry Widget (copy and paste issue) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 10, 2014 at 15:01 UTC
`$MW->bind('Tk::Entry', '<Control-v>',\&overwrite_paste); sub overwrite_paste{ my $entry = $_[0]; if($entry->selectionPresent){ $entry->delete('sel.first', 'sel.last'); $entry->selectionClear; $entry->insert(0,$entry->clipboardGet); } }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]