# hs.dialog

A collection of useful dialog boxes, alerts and panels for user interaction.

# Submodules

hs.dialog.color

# API Overview

Functions - API calls offered directly by the extension

alert
blockAlert
chooseFileOrFolder
textPrompt
webviewAlert

# API Documentation

# Functions

# alert


Signature	`hs.dialog.alert(x, y, callbackFn, message, [informativeText], [buttonOne], [buttonTwo], [style]) -> string`
Type	Function
Description	Displays a simple non-blocking dialog box using `NSAlert` and a hidden `hs.webview` that's automatically destroyed when the alert is closed.
Parameters	x - A number containing the horizontal co-ordinate of the top-left point of the dialog box. Defaults to 1. y - A number containing the vertical co-ordinate of the top-left point of the dialog box. Defaults to 1. callbackFn - The callback function that's called when a button is pressed. message - The message text to display. [informativeText] - Optional informative text to display. [buttonOne] - An optional value for the first button as a string. Defaults to "OK". [buttonTwo] - An optional value for the second button as a string. If `nil` is used, no second button will be displayed. [style] - An optional style of the dialog box as a string. Defaults to "warning".
Returns	nil
Notes	The optional values must be entered in order (i.e. you can't supply `style` without also supplying `buttonOne` and `buttonTwo`). [style] can be "warning", "informational" or "critical". If something other than these string values is given, it will use "informational". Example: `lua</li><li> testCallbackFn = function(result) print("Callback Result: " .. result) end</li><li> hs.dialog.alert(100, 100, testCallbackFn, "Message", "Informative Text", "Button One", "Button Two", "NSCriticalAlertStyle")</li><li> hs.dialog.alert(200, 200, testCallbackFn, "Message", "Informative Text", "Single Button")`
Examples	None
Source	extensions/dialog/dialog.lua line 20

# blockAlert


Signature	`hs.dialog.blockAlert(message, informativeText, [buttonOne], [buttonTwo], [style]) -> string`
Type	Function
Description	Displays a simple dialog box using `NSAlert` that will halt Lua code processing until the alert is closed.
Parameters	message - The message text to display. informativeText - The informative text to display. [buttonOne] - An optional value for the first button as a string. Defaults to "OK". [buttonTwo] - An optional value for the second button as a string. If `nil` is used, no second button will be displayed. [style] - An optional style of the dialog box as a string. Defaults to "informational".
Returns	The value of the button as a string.
Notes	The optional values must be entered in order (i.e. you can't supply `style` without also supplying `buttonOne` and `buttonTwo`). [style] can be "warning", "informational" or "critical". If something other than these string values is given, it will use "warning". Example: `hs.dialog.blockAlert("Message", "Informative Text", "Button One", "Button Two", "critical")`
Examples	None
Source	extensions/dialog/libdialog.m line 564

# chooseFileOrFolder


Signature	`hs.dialog.chooseFileOrFolder([message], [defaultPath], [canChooseFiles], [canChooseDirectories], [allowsMultipleSelection], [allowedFileTypes], [resolvesAliases]) -> string`
Type	Function
Description	Displays a file and/or folder selection dialog box using NSOpenPanel.
Parameters	[message] - The optional message text to display. [defaultPath] - The optional path you want to dialog to open to. [canChooseFiles] - Whether or not the user can select files. Defaults to `true`. [canChooseDirectories] - Whether or not the user can select folders. Default to `false`. [allowsMultipleSelection] - Allow multiple selections of files and/or folders. Defaults to `false`. [allowedFileTypes] - An optional table of allowed file types. Defaults to `true`. [resolvesAliases] - An optional boolean that indicates whether the panel resolves aliases.
Returns	The selected files in a table or `nil` if cancel was pressed.
Notes	The optional values must be entered in order (i.e. you can't supply `allowsMultipleSelection` without also supplying `canChooseFiles` and `canChooseDirectories`). Example: `hs.inspect(hs.dialog.chooseFileOrFolder("Please select a file:", "~/Desktop", true, false, true, {"jpeg", "pdf"}, true))`
Examples	None
Source	extensions/dialog/libdialog.m line 327

# textPrompt


Signature	`hs.dialog.textPrompt(message, informativeText, [defaultText], [buttonOne], [buttonTwo], [secureField]) -> string, string`
Type	Function
Description	Displays a simple text input dialog box.
Parameters	message - The message text to display informativeText - The informative text to display [defaultText] - The informative text to display [buttonOne] - An optional value for the first button as a string [buttonTwo] - An optional value for the second button as a string [secureField] - An optional boolean. If true, PasswordField instead of TextField. Defaults to false.
Returns	The value of the button as a string The value of the text input as a string
Notes	`buttonOne` defaults to "OK" if no value is supplied. `buttonOne` will also be triggered by pressing `ENTER`, whereas `buttonTwo` will be triggered by pressing `ESC`. Examples: `hs.dialog.textPrompt("Main message.", "Please enter something:")` `hs.dialog.textPrompt("Main message.", "Please enter something:", "Default Value", "OK")` `hs.dialog.textPrompt("Main message.", "Please enter something:", "Default Value", "OK", "Cancel")` `hs.dialog.textPrompt("Main message.", "Please enter something:", "", "OK", "Cancel", true)`
Examples	None
Source	extensions/dialog/libdialog.m line 665

# webviewAlert


Signature	`hs.dialog.webviewAlert(webview, callbackFn, message, [informativeText], [buttonOne], [buttonTwo], [style]) -> string`
Type	Function
Description	Displays a simple dialog box using `NSAlert` in a `hs.webview`.
Parameters	webview - The `hs.webview` to display the alert on. callbackFn - The callback function that's called when a button is pressed. message - The message text to display. [informativeText] - Optional informative text to display. [buttonOne] - An optional value for the first button as a string. Defaults to "OK". [buttonTwo] - An optional value for the second button as a string. If `nil` is used, no second button will be displayed. [style] - An optional style of the dialog box as a string. Defaults to "warning".
Returns	nil
Notes	This alert is will prevent the user from interacting with the `hs.webview` until a button is pressed on the alert. The optional values must be entered in order (i.e. you can't supply `style` without also supplying `buttonOne` and `buttonTwo`). [style] can be "warning", "informational" or "critical". If something other than these string values is given, it will use "informational". Example: lua</li><li> testCallbackFn = function(result) print("Callback Result: " .. result) end</li><li> testWebviewA = hs.webview.newBrowser(hs.geometry.rect(250, 250, 250, 250)):show()</li><li> testWebviewB = hs.webview.newBrowser(hs.geometry.rect(450, 450, 450, 450)):show()</li><li> hs.dialog.webviewAlert(testWebviewA, testCallbackFn, "Message", "Informative Text", "Button One", "Button Two", "warning")</li><li> hs.dialog.webviewAlert(testWebviewB, testCallbackFn, "Message", "Informative Text", "Single Button")
Examples	None
Source	extensions/dialog/libdialog.m line 440

See also

Module

Core Hammerspoon functionality