The main problem with these widgets, is you need to pack them after all of them are constructed, so the window manager knows how much size to allocate, otherwise they get set to a small size, and get crushed. I used many scalars in this script, it probably should use a hash for storing refs... like $myhash{'frame1'}{'nb'}{'page5'}{etc}

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Tk;
use Tk::NoteBook;
use Tk::Pane;
use Tk::LabFrame;

my $mw = new MainWindow;
$mw->geometry("500x500");

my $pane = $mw->Scrolled('Pane', -scrollbars=>'osoe', sticky=>'nwse');

my $mf = $pane->Frame;
my $nb = $mf->NoteBook(-width=>300);
my $nb1 = $nb->add("page1", -label=>"Page 1");
my $nb2 = $nb->add("page2", -label=>"Page 2");
my $nb3 = $nb->add("page3", -label=>"Page 3");
my $nb4 = $nb->add("page4", -label=>"Page 4");
my $nbf1=$nb1->Scrolled('Text', -scrollbars=>'se')->pack;
$nbf1->insert('end', "Tab 1");
my $nbf2=$nb2->Label(-text=>"Tab 2")->pack;
my $nbf3=$nb3->LabFrame(-label=>"Tab 3", -labelside=>"acrosstop")->pac
+k;
my $nbf3b1=$nbf3->Radiobutton(-text=>"Radiobutton1")->pack(-anchor=>"n
+w");
my $nbf3b2=$nbf3->Radiobutton(-text=>"Radiobutton2")->pack(-anchor=>"n
+w");
my $nbf4=$nb4->Canvas(-background=>"yellow")->pack;
$nbf4->createText(30,40, -text=>"Tab 4");

# second set
my $mfz = $pane->Frame;
my $nbz = $mfz->NoteBook(-width=>300);
my $nb1z = $nbz->add("page1", -label=>"Page 1");
my $nb2z = $nbz->add("page2", -label=>"Page 2");
my $nb3z = $nbz->add("page3", -label=>"Page 3");
my $nb4z = $nbz->add("page4", -label=>"Page 4");
my $nbf1z=$nb1z->Scrolled('Text', -scrollbars=>'se')->pack;
$nbf1z->insert('end', "Tab 1");
my $nbf2z=$nb2z->Label(-text=>"Tab 2")->pack;
my $nbf3z=$nb3z->LabFrame(-label=>"Tab 3", -labelside=>"acrosstop")->p
+ack;
my $nbf3b1z=$nbf3z->Radiobutton(-text=>"Radiobutton1")->pack(-anchor=>
+"nw");
my $nbf3b2z=$nbf3z->Radiobutton(-text=>"Radiobutton2")->pack(-anchor=>
+"nw");
my $nbf4z=$nb4z->Canvas(-background=>"yellow")->pack;
$nbf4z->createText(30,40, -text=>"Tab 4");

#pack them up
$nb->pack;
$mf->pack;
$nbz->pack;
$mfz->pack;
$pane->pack(-expand=>1, -fill=>'both');

MainLoop;
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Every time I come and look around or ask a question, your replying.... Thank you

I just ran this code unaltered.

Both tabs are shown with the text "A" or "B" as you've coded it here.

Both have the Labels you've packed - not just the last one.

You are correct about "A" showing under "B" - that's the order you packed them in.

You are incorrect with respect to "... so in this case it would show a blank tab for what should be the B tab ...". Why did you think that would be the case when you've provided text for both tabs?

Perhaps there's some confusion because everything is called just "A" or "B" - try "Tab A" and "Label A", for instance, so that you can see more clearly what is going on.

I strongly recommend that you do not use global variables throughout your code!

You should add use strict; and use warnings; to the top of your code.

Hi Ken, thanks for checking it out for me... This was the smallest code example that shows my problem I could write and not actual production code... I am still getting the same indications! I am running Perl v5.10.1 and Tk 804 and dynatabframe .23 what are you running?

I have Tk 804.029 and Tk::DynaTabFrame 0.23; I'm running Perl 5.12.0 - got the same results I reported on both Cygwin (cygwin-thread-multi-64int) and Windows XP (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread).

-- Ken

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk::DynaTabFrame;

my $mw = MainWindow->new();

my $dtf = $mw->DynaTabFrame(
        -font => 'Sans 8',
        -tabclose => 1,
        )
        ->pack(-side => 'top', 
              -expand => 0, 
              -fill => 'both');      
my $buttons1 = $mw->Frame()
        ->pack(-side => 'top', 
              -fill => 'x',
              -expand => 0,
              -pady => 0);
my $buttons2 = $mw->Frame()
        ->pack(-side => 'top',
              -fill => 'x',
              -expand => 0,
              -pady => 0);        
$buttons1->Button
    (-text => '  ')->pack;
$buttons2->Button
    (-text => 'A')->pack;
    
Tk::MainLoop();
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