gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkmessagedialog.sgml

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GtkMessageDialog

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convenient message window

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<para>
#GtkMessageDialog presents a dialog with an image representing the type of 
message (Error, Question, etc.) alongside some message text. It's simply a 
convenience widget; you could construct the equivalent of #GtkMessageDialog 
from #GtkDialog without too much effort, but #GtkMessageDialog saves typing.
</para>

<para>
The easiest way to do a modal message dialog is to use gtk_dialog_run(), though
you can also pass in the GTK_DIALOG_MODAL flag, gtk_dialog_run() automatically
makes the dialog modal and waits for the user to respond to it. gtk_dialog_run()
returns when any dialog button is clicked.
<example>
<title>Modal #GtkMessageDialog</title>
<programlisting>
 dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (main_application_window,
                                  GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                                  GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
                                  GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
                                  "Error loading file '%s': %s",
                                  filename, g_strerror (errno));
 gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
 gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
</programlisting>
</example>
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<para>
You might do a non-modal #GtkMessageDialog as follows:
<example>
<title>Non-modal #GtkMessageDialog</title>
<programlisting>
 dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (main_application_window,
                                  GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                                  GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
                                  GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
                                  "Error loading file '%s': %s",
                                  filename, g_strerror (errno));

 /* Destroy the dialog when the user responds to it (e.g. clicks a button) */
 gtk_signal_connect_object (GTK_OBJECT (dialog), "response",
                            GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (gtk_widget_destroy),
                            GTK_OBJECT (dialog));
</programlisting>
</example>
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<para>
#GtkDialog
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<para>
The type of message being displayed in the dialog.
</para>

@GTK_MESSAGE_INFO: Informational message
@GTK_MESSAGE_WARNING: Nonfatal warning message
@GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION: Question requiring a choice
@GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR: Fatal error message

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<para>
Prebuilt sets of buttons for the dialog. If 
none of these choices are appropriate, simply use GTK_BUTTONS_NONE
then call gtk_dialog_add_buttons().
</para>

@GTK_BUTTONS_NONE: no buttons at all
@GTK_BUTTONS_OK: an OK button
@GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE: a Close button
@GTK_BUTTONS_CANCEL: a Cancel button
@GTK_BUTTONS_YES_NO: Yes and No buttons
@GTK_BUTTONS_OK_CANCEL: OK and Cancel buttons

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@flags: 
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@buttons: 
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