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There are three options that controls the layout of the items in the
  TixTList widget. The 
-orientation option can be set to either
  vertical or horizontal. When 
-orientation is set to vertical,
  the items are laid out vertically from top down and wrapped to the next
  column when the bottom is reached (see figure 3-6). The opposite layout
  policy is chosen if 
-orientation is set to horizontal (see
  figure 3-6).
   When the 
-orientation option is set to vertical, normally
  the number of columns displayed depends on the number of items in the
  TixTList widget: the more items there are, the more columns will there
  be. However, we can use the 
-columns option to control the number
  of columns: the items will be wrapped in a way so that the number of
  columns produced will be exactly as dicated by the 
-columns option.
   One use of the 
-columns option is to specify the same layout
  policy as that of the standard Tk listbox widget. We can do this by
  setting 
-orientation to vertical and -columns to 1. This way we can get a replacement listbox widget that can
  display multiple fonts and colors and graphics!
   The counterpart of the 
-columns option is the -rows option,
  which is used for the same purpose when the 
-orientation option is
  set to 
horizontal.
  (Figure 3-6) The -orientation option of the TixSelect Widget    
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