--- lib/propmgr.tcl.orig	Wed Apr 25 17:52:28 2012
+++ lib/propmgr.tcl	Wed Apr 25 18:00:47 2012
@@ -484,7 +484,8 @@ proc vTcl:prop:color_update {w val} {
 }
 
 proc vTcl:prop:new_attr {top option variable config_cmd config_args prefix {isGeomOpt ""}} {
-    global vTcl $variable options specialOpts propmgrLabels
+    global vTcl options specialOpts propmgrLabels
+    global [regsub {(.+)\(.+\)} $variable {\1}]
 
     set base $top.t${option}