---
name: "UI::Dialog::Console"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libui-dialog-perl"
version: "1.21-0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/UI::Dialog::Console"
---

# UI::Dialog::Console(3pm)

console meta-class for UI::Dialog.

## NAME

UI::Dialog::Console - console meta-class for UI::Dialog.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use UI::Dialog::Console;
  my $d = new UI::Dialog::Console ( title => 'Default',
                                    height => 20, width => 65,
                                    listheight => 5 );
  # Either a CDialog, Whiptail or ASCII msgbox widget should be displayed
  # with a preference for CDialog.
  $d->msgbox( title => 'Welcome!', text => 'Welcome one and all!' );
```

## ABSTRACT

UI::Dialog::Console is simply another meta-class for UI::Dialog. This class simply has a different order of priority than UI::Dialog and no GUI support.

## DESCRIPTION

This class is simply a nice way to try and ensure a Console based widget set.

## EXPORT

None

## INHERITS

UI::Dialog

## CONSTRUCTOR

### new( @options )

- EXAMPLE

  ```
   my $d = new( title => 'Default Title', backtitle => 'Backtitle',
                width => 65, height => 20, listheight => 5,
                order => [ 'cdialog', 'whiptail', 'ascii' ] );
  ```

- DESCRIPTION

  This is the Class Constructor method. It accepts a list of key =\> value pairs and uses them as the defaults when interacting with the various widgets.

- RETURNS

  A blessed object reference of the UI::Dialog::Console class.

- OPTIONS

  The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option.

  - **debug = 0,1,2** (0)

    - **order = \[ kdialog, xdialog \]** (as indicated)

    - **PATH = \[ /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /opt/bin \]** (as indicated)

    - **backtitle = "backtitle"** ('')

    - **title = "title"** ('')

    - **beepbefore = 0,1** (0)

    - **beepafter = 0,1** (0)

    - **height = \\d+** (20)

    - **width = \\d+** (65)

    - **listheight = \\d+** (5)

    ## SEE ALSO

- PERLDOC

  ```
   UI::Dialog
   UI::Dialog::Backend
   UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII
   UI::Dialog::Backend::CDialog
   UI::Dialog::Backend::Whiptail
  ```

- MAN FILES

  ```
   dialog(1), whiptail(1)
  ```

## BUGS

Please email the author with any bug reports. Include the name of the module in the subject line.

## AUTHOR

Kevin C. Krinke, \<kevin@krinke.ca\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

```
 Copyright (C) 2004-2016  Kevin C. Krinke <kevin@krinke.ca>
 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
```