# Ruby Tk - embedding widgets

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-embedding-widgets/53096>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 25, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-embedding-widgets/53096 "2006-01-25T05:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-tk-embedding-widgets/53096/1 "2006-01-25T05:20:07Z")

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I’m looking for a way to embed a few list and combo boxes into a single  
text widget. The source code  
for /usr/share/doc/ruby-tcltk-1.8.4/tk/sample/demos-en/twind shows that  
one can have any number of arbitary widgets embedded within it. Any one  
done anything similar?