'SciViews::R' - Standard Dialog Boxes for Windows, MacOS and Linuxes

The dialog box function dispatch to specific dialog boxes depending on the OS and whether a GUI can be displayed or not.

Note

Under Linux, you should install 'yad' (preferably), or 'zenity'. If you use 'zenity', you cannot build more complex dlg_form() dialog boxes, and some versions trigger a warning like: "Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged." You do not get these inconveniences if you use 'yad' (default choice in case both programs are installed simultaneously).

Important functions

• dlg_message() display a message box,

• dlg_input() prompt for textual input,

• dlg_list() select one or more items in a list,

• dlg_open() open one or more existing file(s),

• dlg_save() prompt for a file to save to (and ask confirmation if the file already exists),

• dlg_dir() select a directory,

• dlg_form() display a complex dialog box with textual areas, password, checkboxes, comboboxes, font and size, color, etc.

See also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/SciViews/svDialogs

• https://www.sciviews.org/svDialogs/

• https://sciviews.r-universe.dev/svDialogs

• Report bugs at https://github.com/SciViews/svDialogs/issues

Author

Maintainer: Philippe Grosjean phgrosjean@sciviews.org (ORCID)

Other contributors:

• Paul Hibbins paulhibbing@gmail.com [contributor]