https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.lang.perl.tk/-mMmqk43nhE #### use warnings 'all'; use strict; use Tk; our ($main_window,$main_frame,$list1,$list2); $main_window = MainWindow->new(); $main_frame = $main_window->Frame->pack(); $list1 = $main_frame->Listbox()->pack(); $list1->insert('end','list1'); $list2 = $main_frame->Listbox()->pack(); $list2->insert('end','list2'); $list2->selectionSet(0); print $list2->selectionIncludes(0),"\n"; $list1->selectionSet(0 ); print $list2->selectionIncludes(0),"\n"; MainLoop;