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dialog(n)                 Tk Built-In Commands                 dialog(n)




NAME

       tk_dialog - Create modal dialog and wait for response


SYNOPSIS

       tk_dialog window title text bitmap default string string ...


DESCRIPTION

       This  procedure  is  part  of  the  Tk  script  library.  Its arguments
       describe a dialog box:

       window Name of top-level window to use for dialog.  Any existing window
              by this name is destroyed.

       title  Text to appear in the window manager's title bar for the dialog.

       text   Message to appear in the top portion of the dialog box.

       bitmap If non-empty, specifies a bitmap (in a form suitable for Tk_Get-
              Bitmap) to display in the top portion of the dialog, to the left
              of the text.  If this is an empty string then no bitmap is  dis-
              played in the dialog.

       default
              If  this  is  an  integer greater than or equal to zero, then it
              gives the index of the button that is to be the  default  button
              for  the dialog (0 for the leftmost button, and so on).  If less
              than zero or an empty string then there will not be any  default
              button.

       string There  will  be  one  button  for each of these arguments.  Each
              string specifies text to display in a button, in order from left
              to right.

       After creating a dialog box, tk_dialog waits for the user to select one
       of the buttons either by clicking on the button with the  mouse  or  by
       typing  return  to invoke the default button (if any).  Then it returns
       the index of the selected button:  0 for the leftmost button, 1 for the
       button  next  to  it,  and  so on.  If the dialog's window is destroyed
       before the user selects one of the buttons, then -1 is returned.

       While waiting for the user to respond, tk_dialog  sets  a  local  grab.
       This prevents the user from interacting with the application in any way
       except to invoke the dialog box.


EXAMPLE

       set reply [tk_dialog .foo "The Title" "Do you want to say yes?" \
               questhead 0 Yes No "I'm not sure"]


SEE ALSO

       tk_messageBox(n)


KEYWORDS

       bitmap, dialog, modal



Tk                                    4.1                         dialog(n)

tk 8.6.0 - Generated Sat Jan 19 16:13:52 CST 2013
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