ZENITY(1)                                                                                                              ZENITY(1)



NAME
       zenity - display GTK+ dialogs

SYNOPSIS
       zenity [options]

DESCRIPTION
       zenity  is  a  program  that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the
       users input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user,  from  all  manner  of  shell
       scripts.

       For  example,  zenity  --question  will  return either 0 or 1, depending on whether the user pressed OK or Cancel. zenity
       --entry will output on standard output what the user typed into the text entry field.

       Comprehensive documentation is available in the GNOME Help Browser, under GNOME/Utilities.

OPTIONS
       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').


       Dialog options


       --calendar
              Display calendar dialog

       --entry
              Display text entry dialog

       --error
              Display error dialog

       --file-selection
              Display file selection dialog

       --info Display info dialog

       --list Display list dialog

       --notification
              Display notification icon

       --progress
              Display progress indication dialog

       --question
              Display question dialog

       --text-info
              Display text information dialog

       --warning
              Display warning dialog

       --scale
              Display scale dialog

       --color-selection
              Display color selection dialog


       General options


       --title=TITLE
              Set the dialog title

       --window-icon=ICONPATH
              Set the window icon with the path to an image. Alternatively, one of the four stock icons can  be  used:  'error',
              'info', 'question' or 'warning'

       --width=WIDTH
              Set the dialog width

       --height=HEIGHT
              Set the dialog height

       --timeout=TIMEOUT
              Set the dialog timeout in seconds

       Calendar options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --day=INT
              Set the calendar day

       --month=INT
              Set the calendar month

       --year=INT
              Set the calendar year

       --date-format=PATTERN
              Set  the  format  for the returned date. The default depends on the user locale or be set with the strftime style.
              For example %A %d/%m/%y


       Text entry options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --entry-text=STRING
              Set the entry text

       --hide-text
              Hide the entry text


       Error options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping


       File selection options

       --filename=FILENAME
              Set the file or directory to be selected by default

       --multiple
              Allow selection of multiple filenames in file selection dialog

       --directory
              Activate directory-only selection

       --save Activate save mode

       --separator=SEPARATOR
              Specify separator character when returning multiple filenames

       --confirm-overwrite
              Confirm file selection if filename already exists

       --file-filter=NAME | PATTERN1 PATTERN2
              Sets a filename filter



       Info options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping


       List options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --column=STRING
              Set the column header

       --checklist
              Use check boxes for first column

       --radiolist
              Use radio buttons for first column

       --separator=STRING
              Set output separator character

       --multiple
              Allow multiple rows to be selected

       --editable
              Allow changes to text

       --print-column=NUMBER
              Specify what column to print to standard output. The default is to return the first column. 'ALL' may be  used  to
              print all columns.

       --hide-column=NUMBER
              Hide a specific column

       --hide-header
              Hides the column headers


       Notification options


       --text=STRING
              Set the notification text

       --listen
              Listen  for  commands on stdin. Commands include 'message', 'tooltip', 'icon', and 'visible' separated by a colon.
              For example, 'message: Hello world', 'visible: false', or 'icon: /path/to/icon'. The icon command also accepts the
              four stock icon: 'error', 'info', 'question', and 'warning'


       Progress options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --percentage=INT
              Set initial percentage

       --auto-close
              Close dialog when 100% has been reached

       --auto-kill
              Kill parent process if cancel button is pressed

       --pulsate
              Pulsate progress bar

       --no-cancel
              Hides the cancel button


       Question options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping

       --ok-label
              Set the text of the OK button

       --cancel-label
              Set the text of the cancel button


       Text options


       --filename=FILENAME
              Open file

       --editable
              Allow changes to text


       Warning options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping


       Scale options


       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --value=VALUE
              Set initial value

       --min-value=VALUE
              Set minimum value

       --max-value=VALUE
              Set maximum value

       --step=VALUE
              Set step size

       --print-partial
              Print partial values

       --hide-value
              Hide value


       Color selection options


       --color=VALUE
              Set the initial color

       --show-palette
              Show the palette


       Miscellaneous options


       -?, --help
              Show summary of options.

       --about
              Display an about dialog.

       --version
              Show version of program.


       Also the standard GTK+ options are accepted.


ENVIRONMENT
       Normally,  zenity detects the terminal window from which it was launched and keeps itself above that window.  This behav-
       ior can be disabled by unsetting the WINDOWID environment variable.


EXAMPLES
       Display a file selector with the title Select a file to remove. The file selected is returned on standard output.

              zenity  --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection

       Display a text entry dialog with the title Select Host and the text Select the host you would  like  to  flood-ping.  The
       entered text is returned on standard output.

              zenity  --title "Select Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-ping"

       Display  a dialog, asking Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?. The return code will be 0 (true
       in shell) if OK is selected, and 1 (false) if Cancel is selected.

              zenity  --question --title "Alert"  --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?"

       Show the search results in a list dialog with the title Search Results and the text Finding all header files....

              find . -name '*.h' | zenity --list --title "Search Results" --text "Finding all header files.." --column "Files"

       Show an icon in the notification area

              zenity --notification --window-icon=update.png --text "System update necessary!"

       Display a weekly shopping list in a check list dialog with Apples and Oranges pre selected

              zenity --list --checklist --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE Apples TRUE Oranges FALSE Pears FALSE Toothpaste

       Display a progress dialog while searching for all the postscript files in your home directory

       find $HOME -name '*.ps' | zenity --progress --pulsate

AUTHOR
       Zenity was written by Glynn Foster <glynn.fosterATsun.com>.

       This manual page was written by Ross Burton <rossATburtonini.com>.


SEE ALSO
       gdialog(1), dialog(1)



                                                       February 1st, 2003                                              ZENITY(1)