1tk_dialog(n)                 Tk Built-In Commands                 tk_dialog(n)
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NAME

8       tk_dialog - Create modal dialog and wait for response
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SYNOPSIS

11       tk_dialog window title text bitmap default string string ...
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DESCRIPTION

15       This  procedure is part of the Tk script library.  It is largely depre‐
16       cated by the tk_messageBox.  Its arguments describe a dialog box:
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18       window Name of top-level window to use for dialog.  Any existing window
19              by this name is destroyed.
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21       title  Text to appear in the window manager's title bar for the dialog.
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23       text   Message to appear in the top portion of the dialog box.
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25       bitmap If non-empty, specifies a bitmap (in a form suitable for Tk_Get‐
26              Bitmap) to display in the top portion of the dialog, to the left
27              of  the text.  If this is an empty string then no bitmap is dis‐
28              played in the dialog.
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31              If this is an integer greater than or equal  to  zero,  then  it
32              gives  the  index of the button that is to be the default button
33              for the dialog (0 for the leftmost button, and so on).  If  less
34              than  zero or an empty string then there will not be any default
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37       string There will be one button for  each  of  these  arguments.   Each
38              string specifies text to display in a button, in order from left
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41       After creating a dialog box, tk_dialog waits for the user to select one
42       of  the  buttons  either by clicking on the button with the mouse or by
43       typing return to invoke the default button (if any).  Then  it  returns
44       the index of the selected button:  0 for the leftmost button, 1 for the
45       button next to it, and so on.  If the dialog's window is destroyed  be‐
46       fore the user selects one of the buttons, then -1 is returned.
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48       While  waiting  for  the  user to respond, tk_dialog sets a local grab.
49       This prevents the user from interacting with the application in any way
50       except to invoke the dialog box.
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EXAMPLE

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

57       tk_messageBox(n)
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KEYWORDS

60       bitmap, dialog, modal
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64Tk                                    4.1                         tk_dialog(n)