Class MessageBox

MessageBox displays a modal message to the user, with a title, a message and a series of options that the user can choose from.

Inheritance

System.Object

MessageBox

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)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Terminal.Gui

Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll

Syntax

public static class MessageBox

Examples

var n = MessageBox.Query (50, 7, "Quit Demo", "Are you sure you want to quit this demo?", "Yes", "No");
if (n == 0)
   quit = true;
else
   quit = false;

Methods

ErrorQuery(Int32, Int32, String, String, String[])

Presents an error MessageBox with the specified title and message and a list of buttons to show to the user.

Declaration

public static int ErrorQuery(int width, int height, string title, string message, params string[] buttons)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	width	Width for the window.
System.Int32	height	Height for the window.
System.String	title	Title for the query.
System.String	message	Message to display, might contain multiple lines.
System.String[]	buttons	Array of buttons to add.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	The index of the selected button, or -1 if the user pressed ESC to close the dialog.

Query(Int32, Int32, String, String, String[])

Presents a normal MessageBox with the specified title and message and a list of buttons to show to the user.

Declaration

public static int Query(int width, int height, string title, string message, params string[] buttons)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	width	Width for the window.
System.Int32	height	Height for the window.
System.String	title	Title for the query.
System.String	message	Message to display, might contain multiple lines..
System.String[]	buttons	Array of buttons to add.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Int32	The index of the selected button, or -1 if the user pressed ESC to close the dialog.