use Tk; $main = MainWindow->new(); $listbox1 = $main->Listbox("-width" => 25, "-height" => 5 )->pack; $listbox1->insert('end', "Apples", "Bananas", "Oranges", "Pears", "Pineapples"); $listbox1->bind('', \&getfruit); $text1 = $main->Text ('-width'=> 40, '-height' => 2 )->pack; sub getfruit { $fruit = $listbox1->get('active'); $text1->insert('end', "$fruit "); } MainLoop;