[R] tklistbox selection

Sundar Dorai-Raj sundar.dorai-raj at pdf.com
Thu Oct 30 07:08:21 CET 2008


I solved this problem by adding "exportselection = 0" to the call to 
tklistbox. I.e.

tb1 <- tklistbox(tt, listvariable = tcl1,
                  exportselection = 0,
                  selectmode = "multiple")

Thanks,

--sundar

Sundar Dorai-Raj said the following on 10/29/2008 5:56 PM:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm posting yet another question about tcltk since I'm still struggling 
> with the package. I'm trying to create a tklistbox and a ttkcombobox on 
> the same parent and am having a problem. Here's an example:
> 
> library(tcltk)
> tt <- tktoplevel()
> tcl1 <- tclVar()
> tcl2 <- tclVar()
> tclObj(tcl1) <- letters[1:5]
> tclObj(tcl2) <- LETTERS[1]
> tb1 <- tklistbox(tt, listvariable = tcl1,
>                  selectmode = "multiple")
> tb2 <- ttkcombobox(tt, values = LETTERS[1:2],
>                    textvariable = tcl2)
> tkpack(tb1, tb2)
> 
> First, I select some values in the list box. But when I select a value 
> from the combo box, the selection from the list box is no longer 
> highlighted. Is this a bug or am I missing something in the 
> documentation? My goal is to allow highlighted text simultaneously in 
> both widgets.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --sundar
> 
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