Tkinter: listbox navigation

[Tim Daneliuk]

Eric Brunel wrote:
> Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have looked high and low but cannot find an answer to:
>>
>>When I give the listbox focus, I am able to navigate around it using the
>>arrow keys. So, even if I have selected a particular item, I can move to
>>other items *which is indicated by an underlining of the currently
>>navigated item*.  So, at any moment in time, one item may be selected
>>and another underlined.
>>
>>Is there a way programmatically to force the underlining to a particular
>>item?
> 
> 
> Yep: use listbox.activate(index) and make sure your listbox keeps the 
> keyboard focus (via focus_set I suppose...). To know where the active line 
> is, use listbox.index(ACTIVE).
> 
Many thanks - just what I was looking for...


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