Text Information Dialogue

Use the --text-info option. Text Information Dialogue

Use the --text-info option to create a text information dialog.

The text information dialogue supports the following options:

<cmd>--filename</cmd>=<var>filename</var>

Specifies a file that is loaded in the text information dialogue.

<cmd>--editable</cmd>

Allows the displayed text to be edited. The edited text is returned to standard output when the dialog is closed.

Specifies the text font.

<cmd>--checkbox</cmd>=<var>TEXT</var>

Enable a checkbox for use like a 'I read and accept the terms.'

Enable html support.

Sets an url instead of a file. Only works if you use --html option.

The following example script shows how to create a text information dialog:


#!/bin/sh

# You must place file "COPYING" in same folder of this script.
FILE=`dirname $0`/COPYING

zenity --text-info \
       --title="License" \
       --filename=$FILE \
       --checkbox="I read and accept the terms."

case $? in
    0)
        echo "Start installation!"
	# next step
	;;
    1)
        echo "Stop installation!"
	;;
    -1)
        echo "An unexpected error has occurred."
	;;
esac

Text Information Dialogue Example Zenity text information dialog example