background (bg), foreground (fg)

color

The listbox color. The default is platform specific.

cursor

cursor

The cursor to show when the mouse is placed over the listbox.

exportselection

bool

If set, the list selection is automatically exported via the X selection mechanism. The default is on. If you have more than one list in the same dialog, it is probably best to disable this mechanism.

font

font

The font to use in the listbox. The listbox can only contain text in a single font.

relief

constant

Border decoration. The default is SUNKEN. Other possible values are FLAT, RAISED, GROOVE, and RIDGE.

borderwidth (bd)

distance

The width of the listbox border. The default is platform specific, but is usually 1 or 2 pixels.

selectbackground, selectforeground

color

Selection color settings.

selectborderwidth

dimension

Selection border width. The selection is always raised.

selectmode

constant

Selection mode. One of SINGLE, BROWSE, MULTIPLE, or EXTENDED. Default is BROWSE. Use MULTIPLE to get checklist behavior, EXTENDED if the user usually selects one item, but sometimes would like to select one or more ranges of items. See the patterns section for more information.

setgrid

bool

takefocus

bool

Indicates that the user can use the Tab key to move to this widget. Default is an empty string, which means that the listbox accepts focus only if it has any keyboard bindings (default is on, in other words).

width, height

distance

The size of the listbox, in text units.

xscrollcommand, yscrollcommand

command

Used to connect a listbox to a scrollbar. These options should be set to the set methods of the corresponding scrollbars.