Tkinter: select multiple entries in Listbox widget?

[Bernard Lebel]

Oh, thanks a lot Rob.


Bernard



On 6/1/06, Rob Williscroft <rtw at freenet.co.uk> wrote:
> Bernard Lebel wrote in news:mailman.6413.1149178158.27775.python-
> list at python.org in comp.lang.python:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is there an option or a way to allow the selection of multiple entries
> > in the Listbox widget? I could not find any, and would like to allow
> > the end user to select multiple entries.
> >
> >
>
> When configuring use:
>
>   selectmode = "multiple"
>
> e.g.:
>
> import Tkinter as tk
>
> root = tk.Tk()
>
> a = tk.Listbox( root, selectmode = "multiple" )
> for i in range(10):
>   a.insert( i, str(i) + " item" )
>
> a.pack()
> root.mainloop()
>
> I found the answer here:
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/life-preserver/ClassListbox.html
>
> Though I had to guess the `= "multiple"` part.
>
> Rob.
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