ahh Frame! I didn't even think of extending Frame. I kept wondering how I could instead extend entry and listbox... thanks for the pointer. Yeah I know there are others out there, I just wanted to create one from tkinter widgets and keep the constructor as close to other tkinter widgets as possible. I notice that when you use Pmw you have different option names and methods that are a bit inconsistent (not too hard to remember though--it's not a criticism of Pmw or Tix). I am very narrow-minded. :-)
As far as the other lists/wiki, I will be looking at them. Thanks, Harlin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list