---
name: "wxMultiChoiceDialog"
section: "3erl"
platform: "linux"
package: "erlang-manpages"
version: "1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u4"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wxMultiChoiceDialog"
---

# wxMultiChoiceDialog(3erl)

Functions for wxMultiChoiceDialog class

## NAME

wxMultiChoiceDialog - Functions for wxMultiChoiceDialog class

## DESCRIPTION

This class represents a dialog that shows a list of strings, and allows the user to select one or more.

Styles

This class supports the following styles:

See: Overview cmndlg, *wxSingleChoiceDialog*

This class is derived (and can use functions) from: *wxDialog* *wxTopLevelWindow* *wxWindow* *wxEvtHandler*

wxWidgets docs: wxMultiChoiceDialog

## DATA TYPES

```
wxMultiChoiceDialog() = wx:wx_object()
```

## EXPORTS

```
new(Parent, Message, Caption, Choices) -> wxMultiChoiceDialog()
```

Types:

Parent = wxWindow:wxWindow()\
 Message = Caption = unicode:chardata()\
 Choices = \[unicode:chardata()\]\

```
new(Parent, Message, Caption, Choices, Options :: [Option]) ->
       wxMultiChoiceDialog()
```

Types:

Parent = wxWindow:wxWindow()\
 Message = Caption = unicode:chardata()\
 Choices = \[unicode:chardata()\]\
 Option = \
\
     {style, integer()} \| {pos, {X :: integer(), Y :: integer()}}\

Constructor taking an array of *wxString* (not implemented in wx) choices.

Remark: Use *wxDialog:showModal/1* to show the dialog.

```
getSelections(This) -> [integer()]
```

Types:

This = wxMultiChoiceDialog()\

Returns array with indexes of selected items.

```
setSelections(This, Selections) -> ok
```

Types:

This = wxMultiChoiceDialog()\
 Selections = \[integer()\]\

Sets selected items from the array of selected items' indexes.

```
destroy(This :: wxMultiChoiceDialog()) -> ok
```

Destroys the object.