Forms Dialog

Use the --forms option. Forms Dialog

Use the --forms option to create a forms dialog.

The forms dialog supports the following options:

<cmd>--add-entry</cmd>=<var>FieldName</var>

Add a new Entry in forms dialog.

--add-password<cmd/>=<var>FieldName</var>

Add a new Password Entry in forms dialog. (Hide text)

<cmd>--add-calendar</cmd>=<var>FieldName</var>

Add a new Calendar in forms dialog.

Set the dialog text.

<cmd>--separator</cmd>=<var>SEPARATOR</var>

Set output separator character. (Default: | )

<cmd>--forms-date-format</cmd>=<var>PATTERN</var>

Set the format for the returned date. The default format depends on your locale. format must be a Format that is acceptable to the strftime function, for example %A %d/%m/%y.

The following example script shows how to create a forms dialog:


#!/bin/sh

zenity --forms --title="Add Friend" \
	--text="Enter information about your friend." \
	--separator="," \
	--add-entry="First Name" \
	--add-entry="Family Name" \
	--add-entry="Email" \
	--add-calendar="Birthday" >> addr.csv

case $? in
    0)
        echo "Friend added.";;
    1)
        echo "No friend added."
	;;
    -1)
        echo "An unexpected error has occurred."
	;;
esac

Forms Dialog Example Zenity forms dialog example