tk_messageBox -
pops up a message window and waits for user response.
tk_messageBox ?option value ...?
This procedure creates and displays a message window with an
application-specified message, an icon and a set of buttons. Each of
the buttons in the message window is identified by a unique symbolic
name (see the -type options). After the message window is
popped up, tk_messageBox 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 message 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
following: 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. This option is ignored
on Mac OS X, where platform guidelines forbid the use of a title on this kind
of dialog.
- -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. The
default value is an empty string.
- -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.
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}
}
message box