Chaim,

Have a good trip, maybe it'll fix itself while you are gone... *g*

Oh, don't bracket your quoted message text with << it makes it invisible in the browser.

> < < create a new pgf subclass, copy over functionality piece by piece until you find the piece that breaks the listbox>>
> Good idea, I'll try it. I did something similar but in reverse: I commented out pieces, piece by piece, but I could never get the listbox to work.
> I'll be out of town for a week. I'll try this when I return and let you know what I find.