---
name: "promptdialog"
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/promptdialog"
---

# promptdialog(3iwidgets)

Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

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## NAME

promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

## SYNOPSIS

**promptdialog** *pathName* ?*options*?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Toplevel \<- dialogshell \<- dialog \<- promptdialog

## STANDARD OPTIONS

```
background	borderWidth	cursor	exportSelection
foreground	highlightColor	highlightThickness	insertBackground
insertBorderWidth	insertOffTime	insertOnTime	insertWidth
relief	selectBackground	selectBorderWidth	selectForeground
```

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

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

```
show
```

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

```
invalid	textBackground	textFont	validate
```

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

```
labelFont	labelPos	labelText
```

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

## INHERITED OPTIONS

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

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

```
height	master	modality	width
```

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.

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## DESCRIPTION

The **promptdialog** command creates a prompt dialog similar to the  OSF/Motif standard prompt dialog composite widget.  The promptdialog  is derived from the dialog class and is composed of a EntryField  with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

## METHODS

The **promptdialog** 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 promptdialog widgets:

## ASSOCIATED METHODS

```
delete	get	icursor	index
insert	scan	selection	xview
```

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

```
clear
```

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

## INHERITED METHODS

```
add	buttonconfigure	default	hide
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 "shell" 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 **promptdialog** 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 **promptdialog** command.

## COMPONENTS

```
Name:	prompt
Class:	Entryfield
```

-

  The prompt component is the entry field for user input in the prompt  dialog.  See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on  the prompt component item.

## EXAMPLE

```

 option add *textBackground white
 promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
 .pd hide Apply
 if {[.pd activate]} {
     puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
 } else {
     puts "Password prompt cancelled"
 }
```

## AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

## KEYWORDS

promptdialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget