---
name: "messagedialog"
section: "3iwidgets"
platform: "linux"
package: "iwidgets3.1-doc"
version: "3.1.0-9"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/messagedialog"
---

# messagedialog(3iwidgets)

Create and manipulate a message dialog widget

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## NAME

messagedialog - Create and manipulate a message dialog widget

## SYNOPSIS

**messagedialog** *pathName* ?*options*?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Toplevel \<- Shell \<- Dialogshell \<- Dialog \<- Messagedialog

## STANDARD OPTIONS

```
background	bitmap	cursor	font
foreground	image	text
```

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

## INHERITED OPTIONS

```
buttonBoxPadX	buttonBoxPadY	buttonBoxPos	padX
padY	separator	thickness
```

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

```
master	modality
```

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

```
title
```

See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

```
Name:	imagePos
Class:	Position
Command-Line Switch:	-imagepos
```

-

  Specifies the image position relative to the message text: **n**, **s**,  **e**, or **w**.  The default is w.

```
Name:	textPadX
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-textpadx
```

-

  Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for  the message text in the X direction.  The value may have any of the forms  acceptable to Tk\_GetPixels.

```
Name:	textPadY
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-textpady
```

-

  Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for  the message text in the X direction.  The value may have any of the forms  acceptable to Tk\_GetPixels.

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## DESCRIPTION

The **messagedialog** command creates a message dialog composite widget.  The messagedialog is derived from the Dialog class and is composed of  an image and associated message text with commands to manipulate the  dialog buttons.

## METHODS

The **messagedialog** command creates a new Tcl command whose name is *pathName*.  This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget.  It has the following general form:

```

pathName option ?arg arg ...?
```

*Option* and the *arg*s determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following commands are possible for messagedialog widgets:

## INHERITED METHODS

```
add	buttonconfigure	default	hide
insert	invoke	show
```

See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

```
childsite
```

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

```
activate	center	deactivate
```

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

- *pathName* **cget** *option*

  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by *option*. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by the **messagedialog** command.

- *pathName* **configure** ?*option*? ?*value option value ...*?

  Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no *option* is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for *pathName* (see **Tk\_ConfigureInfo** for information on the format of this list).  If *option* is specified with no *value*, then the command returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no *option* is specified).  If one or more *option-value* pairs are specified, then the command modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s);  in this case the command returns an empty string. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by the **messagedialog** command.

## COMPONENTS

```
Name:	image
Class:	Label
```

-

  The image component is the bitmap or image of the message dialog.  See  the "label" widget manual entry for details on the image component item.

```
Name:	message
Class:	Label
```

-

  The message component provides the textual portion of the message dialog. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the message component item.

## EXAMPLE

```

 #
 # Standard question message dialog used for confirmation.
 #
 messagedialog .md -title "Message Dialog" -text "Are you sure ?" \
	-bitmap questhead -modality global
 .md buttonconfigure OK -text Yes
 .md buttonconfigure Cancel -text No
 if {[.md activate]} {
    .md configure -text "Are you really sure ?"
    if {[.md activate]} {
	puts stdout "Yes"
    } else {
	puts stdout "No"
    }
 } else {
    puts stdout "No"
 }
 destroy .md
 #
 # Copyright notice with automatic deactivation.
 #
 messagedialog .cr -title "Copyright" -bitmap @dsc.xbm -imagepos n \
     -text "Copyright 1995 DSC Communications Corporation\n \
	    All rights reserved"
 .cr hide Cancel
 .cr activate
 after 10000 ".cr deactivate"
```

## AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

## KEYWORDS

messagedialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget