tk_messageBox - pops up a message window and waits for user response.
tk_messageBox ?option value ...?
tk_messageBox(1t) Tk Built-In Commands tk_messageBox(1t)
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NAME
tk_messageBox - pops up a message window and waits for user response.
SYNOPSIS
tk_messageBox ?option value ...?
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DESCRIPTION
This procedure creates and displays a message window with an applica-
tion-specified message, an icon and a set of buttons. Each of the but-
tons in the message window is identified by a unique symbolic name (see
the -type options). After the message window is popped up, tk_message-
Box waits for the user to select one of the buttons. Then it returns
the symbolic name of the selected button.
The following option-value pairs are supported:
-default name
Name gives the symbolic name of the default button for this mes-
sage window ( "ok", "cancel", and so on). See -type for a list
of the symbolic names. If this option is not specified, the
first button in the dialog will be made the default.
-detail string
Specifies an auxiliary message to the main message given by the
-message option. The message detail will be presented beneath
the main message and, where supported by the OS, in a less
emphasized font than the main message.
-icon iconImage
Specifies an icon to display. IconImage must be one of the fol-
lowing: error, info, question or warning. If this option is not
specified, then the info icon will be displayed.
-message string
Specifies the message to display in this message box. The
default value is an empty string.
-parent window
Makes window the logical parent of the message box. The message
box is displayed on top of its parent window.
-title titleString
Specifies a string to display as the title of the message box.
This option is ignored on Mac OS X, where platform guidelines
forbid the use of a title on this kind of dialog.
-type predefinedType
Arranges for a predefined set of buttons to be displayed. The
following values are possible for predefinedType:
abortretryignore Displays three buttons whose symbolic names
are abort, retry and ignore.
ok Displays one button whose symbolic name is ok.
okcancel Displays two buttons whose symbolic names are
ok and cancel.
retrycancel Displays two buttons whose symbolic names are
retry and cancel.
yesno Displays two buttons whose symbolic names are
yes and no.
yesnocancel Displays three buttons whose symbolic names
are yes, no and cancel.
EXAMPLE
set answer [tk_messageBox -message "Really quit?" \
-icon question -type yesno \
-detail "Select \"Yes\" to make the application exit"]
switch -- $answer {
yes exit
no {tk_messageBox -message "I know you like this application!" \
-type ok}
}
KEYWORDS
message box
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | runtime/tk-8 |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://source-
forge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.7/tk8.6.7-src.tar.gz/download.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.tcl.tk/.
Tk 4.2 tk_messageBox(1t)