Dialogs¶
/dialog¶
Added in 1.9.0
/dialog -abcdefghijklmnoprstuvx <name> [newname|table] [x y w h] [text|filename] [N]
Allows you to create a modeless dialog with the -m switch.
See also $dialog, on DIALOG, Dialog Items.
Switches
-a - Used with -m, uses currently active window as the parent.
-b - Interprets size as dbu.
-c - Click cancel button.
-d - Open dialog on the desktop, used with -m.
-e - Restores the dialog if created on the desktop.
-f - Hides the window borders. (AdiIRC only)
-g - Renames existing dialog using <name> <newname>.
-h - Make dialog work with active server connection. (TODO)
-i - Minimize the dialog if created on the desktop.
-j - Shows the window borders/allows resizing the dialog window. (AdiIRC only)
-k - Click the "ok" button.
-l - TODO
-m - Create a modeless dialog using 'table'.
-n - Unset ontop setting.
-o - Set dialog ontop of all windows.
-p - Interprets size as pixels.
-r - Centers dialog.
-s - Set dialog position/size.
-t - Set dialog title to 'text'.
-u - Set dialog icon to 'filename'. (AdiIRC only)
-v - Makes the dialog the active window.
-x - Close a dialog without triggering any events.
Parameters
<name> - Name of the dialog to create.
[newname] - Newname used with -g
[table] - Name of the dialog table to use.
[x y w h] - X/Y Position on the desktop and the Height/Width of the dialog.
[text|filename] - Dialog title text or dialog icon filename.
[N] - Icon index. (AdiIRC only, used with -u)
Example
; Create a dialog table.
Dialog Example1 {
title "This is Example 1"
size -1 -1 172 129
option dbu
tab "Tab A", 14, 2 0 165 123
tab "Tab B", 15
tab "Tab C", 16
edit "", 17, 8 16 154 104, tab 16 multi return autohs vsbar
menu "&File", 1
item "&New", 6, 1
item "&Open", 7, 1
item break, 8, 1
item "&Save", 9, 1
item "Save &as", 10, 1
menu "&Edit", 2
item "&Copy", 11, 2
item "P&aste", 12, 2
menu "&view", 3
item "&All", 13, 3
menu "&Help", 4
item "&About", 5, 4
}
; Create and show the dialog as modeless and on the desktop.
/dialog -md Example1 Example1
/did¶
Added in 1.9.0
/did -abcdefghijklmnorstuvz <name> <id> [n] [text | filename | start [end]]
The /did command allows you to modify the values of controls in a dialog,
Switches
-a - Add line of text to end.
-b - Disable id.
-c - Check checkbox/radiobutton list/combo line.
-d - Delete Nth line.
-e - Enable id.
-f - Set focus on id.
-g - Set a new icon/image to an icon control.
-h - hide id
-i - Insert text at Nth line.
-j - Resets the edited setting in an editbox. TODO
-k - Works with -cu, keeps other selections in a listbox.
-l - Uncheck the checkbox of an item in a listcb control.
-m - Disables editbox.
-n - Enables editbox.
-o - Overwrite Nth line with text.
-r - Clear all text in id.
-s - Checks the checkbox of an item in a listcb control.
-t - Set id as default button.
-u - Uncheck checkbox/radiobutton list/combo line.
-v - Make id visible.
-z - Resets the width of horizontal scrollbar in listbox. TODO
Parameters
<name> - Name of the dialog.
<id> - Id of the control to edit, you can use the form N-N1,N2-N3 to change multiple id's at once, 1-5,6,9 would change the following ids: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9.
[n] - Usually a line number, it can also be an id number with menus, use 0 if you want to access the editbox of a combo control.
[text] - The text parameter if applicable.
[filename] - Filename used with -g.
|start [end] - Used with -z to set the range of a scrollbar, or with -c to set a selection
/didtok¶
Added in 1.9.0
/didtok <name> <id> <c> <text>
Tokenizes a string by character c, then adds the result to a dialog list/combo/edit box.
Parameters
<name> - Name of the dialog.
<id> - Id of the dialog control.
<c> - ASCII value to tokenize by.
<text> - Text to tokenize.
Example
; Dialog table layout.
dialog colors {
size -1 -1 100 200
list 1, 10 10 80 180
}
; Run the dialog.
/dialog -m colors colors
; Tokenize the string "red blue orange yellow" by whitespace and insert result into the list control.
/didtok colors 1 32 red blue orange yellow
$did¶
Added in 1.9.0
$did
Returns the id of the matched dialog id during a on DIALOG event.
Example
on *:DIALOG:*:*:{
echo -ag The matched dialog id is $did
}
$did([name},id,[N])
Returns settings and values from a dialog item.
See also /dialog, on DIALOG, Dialog Items.
Parameters
[name] - If specified, name of the dialog otherwise $dname from the current event is used. (optional)
id - Id of the dialog item.
[N] - If N = 0, get number of lines, otherwise the Nth line for a item with multiple lines. (optional)
Properties
.text - Returns line or Nth line.
.len - Returns length of line or length of Nth line.
.lines - Returns number of lines.
.sel - If N = 0, returns number of lines otherwise the Nth selected line.
.seltext - Returns selected text in an editbox or first selected item in a listbox.
.selstart - Returns select start character in editbox line.
.selend - Returns select end character in editbox line.
.edited - Returns $true if text in editbox was changed, otherwise $false.
.state - Returns 0 = off, 1 = on, and 2 = indeterminate.
.next - Returns id of next control in tab key order.
.prev - Returns id of previous control in tab key order.
.visible - Returns $true if the control is visible, otherwise $false.
.enabled - Returns $true if the control is enabled, otherwise $false.
.isid - Returns $true if id exists in the dialog, otherwise $false.
.csel - If N is 0, returns number of checked lines, otherwise line number of the Nth checked box in a listcb control.
.cstate - Returns 0 = off, 1 = on for item in a listcb control (listbox created using the check parameter).
$didwm¶
Added in 1.9.0
$didwm([name],id,wildtext,[N])
Returns the number of the line that matches the wildtext, with the search starting at line N.
Parameters
[name] - If specified, name of the dialog otherwise $dname from the current event is used. (optional)
id - Id of the dialog item.
wildtext- The wildtext to search.
[N] - If N = 0, number of matches, otherwise the Nth match. (optional)
$didreg¶
Added in 1.9.0
$didreg([name],id,regex,[N])
Returns the number of the line that matches the regular expression, with the search starting at line N.
Parameters
[name] - If specified, name of the dialog otherwise $dname from the current event is used. (optional)
id - Id of the dialog item.
regex - The regular expression to perform.
[N] - If N = 0, number of matches, otherwise the Nth match. (optional)
$didtok¶
Added in 1.9.1
$didtok([name],id,C)
Returns a tokenized list of the items in a dialog list/combo/edit box.
Parameters
[name] - If specified, name of the dialog otherwise $dname from the current event is used. (optional)
id - Id of the dialog item.
C - The ASCII value to tokenize by.
on DIALOG¶
Added in 1.9.0
on <level>:DIALOG:<name>:<event>:<id>
Triggers when a dialog item state is changed, e.g clicking a button or types text in a Editbox.
See also $dname, $devent, $did, /dialog, $dialog, Dialog Items.
Parameters
<level> - The User Access Level for the event to trigger.
<name> - The dialog name that this event triggers for; wildcards accepted.
<event> - The dialog event that this event triggers for; wildcards accepted.
<id> - The id name of the dialog item to listen for; wildcards accepted. Multiple IDs can be specified in the form: 1,2,3,4-8,9
<commands> - The commands to be performed when the event listener's criteria is met.
Events
| Event | Description |
| active | Triggers when the dialog is made active. |
| close | Triggered when a dialog has been closed. |
| dclick | Occurs when a double left-click has occurred in a list box or combo box, as well as on the dialog itself. |
| drop | Triggers when an item has been dragged and dropped with the mouse. |
| edit | When text in an Editbox or a combo box has changed. |
| init | This event ID is 0, and triggers before a dialog is displayed. This allows initialization time for the dialog and its items. |
| menu | Whenever a menu-item is selected. |
| mouse | When the mouse is moved. |
| rclick | Works when the mouse right-clicks. |
| sclick | Occurs during a single-click in a list box/combo box, during check/uncheck of radio/check buttons, or during the click of a button. |
| scroll | A scrollbar control position has changed. |
| uclick | Left mouse button has been released/gone up. |
Updated by Per Amundsen about 4 years ago · 1 revisions