MessageDialog

MessageDialog[expr]

puts up a standard message dialog that displays expr together with an OK button.

MessageDialog[expr,{lbl1:>act1,lbl2:>act2,…}]

includes buttons with labels lbli that evaluate the corresponding acti if clicked.

Details and Options

  • The contents expr can be text, graphics, or any other expression.
  • MessageDialog returns immediately, but the dialog it generates remains up until one of its buttons is pressed, or the dialog window is closed.
  • MessageDialog[expr] generates a dialog that includes an OK button. Pressing TemplateBox[{return}, Key0, BaseStyle -> {Notes, FontWeight -> Plain, FontFamily -> Source Sans Pro}] or is taken to be equivalent to pressing the OK button.
  • MessageDialog places buttons automatically, outside the area used to display expr.
  • MessageDialog allows the sequence of buttons to linewrap by default if needed, and supports the same Appearance option settings as SetterBar to specify other button configurations.
  • MessageDialog by default puts up a notebook with a typical message dialog appearance. The option settings include WindowFloating->False, WindowSize->All, and WindowTitle->None.
  • MessageDialog by default puts up a dialog in the middle of the main display screen. Explicit settings for WindowMargins override this.
  • MessageDialog returns a NotebookObject corresponding to the notebook it creates.
  • If the Wolfram System is run without a notebook front end, MessageDialog[expr,…] prints expr in textual form, without any buttons or other controls.

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Post a message in its own window:

The message can include any kind of expression:

Wolfram Research (2007), MessageDialog, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MessageDialog.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), MessageDialog, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MessageDialog.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "MessageDialog." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MessageDialog.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). MessageDialog. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MessageDialog.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_messagedialog, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MessageDialog}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MessageDialog.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_messagedialog, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MessageDialog}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MessageDialog.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}