Re: Persistent Listbox selection

Hi Vasilis,

try exportselection=False

Regards

Michael

On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 15:01:35 +0000
Vasilis Vlachoudis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> how can I keep the listbox selection persistent when user selects
> something in the entry? In the following example, the rows 0 to 10 are
> selected in the listbox If you click and select something in the entry
> box the selection is lost Is there an option to avoid this behaviour?
> 
> Best Regards
> Vasilis
> 
> from Tkinter import *
> tk = Tk()
> 
> listbox = Listbox(tk, selectmode=EXTENDED, exportselection=True)
> listbox.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=YES)
> for i in range(100): listbox.insert(END,"line %d"%(i))
> listbox.selection_set(0,10)
> 
> entry = Entry(tk)
> entry.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=X)
> entry.insert(0,"Hello world")
> tk.mainloop()



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