Listbox Options

As with any of the widgets, you can configure the Listbox using options. The standard widget options are -cursor, -font, -height, -highlightbackground,-highlightcolor, -highlightthickness, -takefocus, -width, -xscrollcommand, and -yscrollcommand. The options specific to Listbox widgets will be further discussed later in this chapter.

• -background => color
• Sets the color of the area behind the text.
• -borderwidth => amount
• Sets the width of the edges of the widget. Default is 2.
• -cursor => cursorname
• Sets the cursor to display when the mouse is over the Listbox.
• -exportselection => 0 | 1
• Determines if the current Listbox selection is made available for the X selection as well. If set to 1, prevents two Listboxes from having selections at the same time.
• -font => fontname
• Sets the font of any text displayed within the Listbox.
• -foreground => color
• Sets the color of nonselected text displayed in the Listbox.
• -height => amount
• Sets the height of the Listbox.
• -highlightbackground => color
• Sets the color the highlight rectangle should be when the Listbox does not have the keyboard focus.
• -highlightcolor => color
• Sets the color the highlight rectangle should be when the Listbox does have the keyboard focus.
• -highlightthickness => amount
• Sets the thickness of the highlight rectangle. Default is 2.
• -relief => 'flat'|'groove'|'raised'|'ridge'|'sunken'|'solid'
• Sets the relief of the edges of the Listbox.
• -selectbackground => color
• Sets the color behind any selected text.
• -selectborderwidth => amount
• Sets the width of the border around any selected text.
• -selectforeground => color
• Sets the color of the text in any selected items.
• -selectmode => "single" | "browse" | "multiple" | "extended"
• Affects how many items can be selected at once; also affects some key/mouse bindings for the Listbox (such as Shift-select).
• -setgrid => 0 | 1
• Turns gridding off or on for the Listbox. Default is 0.
• -takefocus => 0 | 1 | undef
• Determines whether the widget can have keyboard focus. 0 means never, 1 means always, undef means dynamic decision.
• -width => amount
• Sets the width of the Listbox in characters. If amount is 0 or less, the Listbox is made as wide as the longest item.
• -xscrollcommand => callback
• Assigns a horizontal Scrollbar to widget. See "The Scrollbar Widget".
• -yscrollcommand => callback
• Assigns a vertical Scrollbar to widget. See "The Scrollbar Widget".