[Python] Python Tkinter how to set and highlight a listbox selection

I have a listbox which I want to set according to data from elsewhere in my program

options = tk.Variable(('Active', 'Inactive', 'OOC'))
ttk.Label(
self,
text='Status',
).grid(row=4, column=0, sticky='ne', padx=5)

self.widgets['status'] = tk.Listbox(
self,
listvariable=options,
height=3,
selectmode=tk.SINGLE,
)

self.widgets['status'].grid(row=4, column=1, sticky='ew', padx=(0, 5), columnspan=4)

if data:
self.widgets['status'].selection_clear(0, tk.END)
self.widgets['status'].selection_set(data[4])
self.widgets['status'].activate(data[4])


The code above works in that it sets the listbox to the correct item - if I tab to the listbox, the item is surrounded by a dotted box - but does not highlight it. After a lot of searching, the only suggested solution I've found is to add self.widgets['status'].event_generate('<<ListboxSelect>>') but this doesn't work for me. How do I get the selected item highlighted?

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