Class Dialog

The Dialog View is a Window that by default is centered and contains one or more Buttons. It defaults to the Dialog color scheme and has a 1 cell padding around the edges.
Inheritance
System.Object
Responder
View
Toplevel
Window
Dialog
FileDialog
Implements
System.Collections.IEnumerable
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
Namespace: Terminal.Gui
Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll
Syntax
public class Dialog : Window, IEnumerable
Remarks
To run the Dialog modally, create the Dialog, and pass it to Run(). This will execute the dialog until it terminates via the [ESC] or [CTRL-Q] key, or when one of the views or buttons added to the dialog calls RequestStop().

Constructors

Dialog(ustring, Int32, Int32, Button[])

Initializes a new instance of the Dialog class using Absolute positioning and an optional set of Buttons to display
Declaration
public Dialog(ustring title, int width, int height, params Button[] buttons)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring title Title for the dialog.
System.Int32 width Width for the dialog.
System.Int32 height Height for the dialog.
Button[] buttons Optional buttons to lay out at the bottom of the dialog.
Remarks
if width and height are both 0, the Dialog will be vertically and horizontally centered in the container and the size will be 85% of the container. After initialzation use X, Y, Width, and Height to override this with a location or size.

Dialog(ustring, Button[])

Initializes a new instance of the Dialog class using Computed positioning and with an optional set of Buttons to display
Declaration
public Dialog(ustring title, params Button[] buttons)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring title Title for the dialog.
Button[] buttons Optional buttons to lay out at the bottom of the dialog.
Remarks
if width and height are both 0, the Dialog will be vertically and horizontally centered in the container and the size will be 85% of the container. After initialzation use X, Y, Width, and Height to override this with a location or size.

Methods

AddButton(Button)

Adds a Button to the Dialog, its layout will be controled by the Dialog
Declaration
public void AddButton(Button button)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Button button Button to add.

LayoutSubviews()

Declaration
public override void LayoutSubviews()
Overrides

ProcessKey(KeyEvent)

Declaration
public override bool ProcessKey(KeyEvent kb)
Parameters
Type Name Description
KeyEvent kb
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean
Overrides

Implements

System.Collections.IEnumerable