The main difference between the two widgets is that mclistbox uses core Tk listbox widgets, while the body of a tablelist widget is based on a text widget. This is also the reason for some of the limitations of mclistbox: no support for right-aligned or centered columns, and no image support in the cells. While Bryan Oakley's work is an excellent one, IMHO a multi-column listbox should support individual column alignment, sorting, the ability to mix text with images, and various methods aimed to improve the appearance and readability of the items. This was why I (Csaba Nemethi) decided to write another multi-column listbox.

The following table shows the main differences between the two widgets:

Feature	mclistbox	tablelist
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column alignment	left	left, right, center
image support	in labels	in labels and cells
mixing text & images	no	in labels and cells
built-in sort command	no	yes
arrow showing sort order	no	yes
columns to be streched	just one	arbitrary
listvariable	no	yes
level for indiv. colors & font	column	column, row, cell
level for indiv. borderwidth	column	none
level for indiv. relief	column	none
support for horizontal stripes	no	yes
programmatic editing	no	in rows and cells
selection callback	built-in	with the aid of Wcb
activate callback	no	with the aid of Wcb
documentation	reference	tutorial, reference

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See also Wcb.

See also the clt comparisons by Damon Courtney [1], Csaba [2], tclguy [3], and Roy Terry [4] of Tablelist and TkTable.

AMG: How about a comparison with ttk::treeview?

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