gtk.MessageDialog
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## gtk.MessageDialog

gtk.MessageDialog — a convenient message window

## Synopsis

    class gtk.MessageDialog(gtk.Dialog):
        gtk.MessageDialog(parent=None, flags=0, type=gtk.MESSAGE_INFO, buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_NONE, message_format=None)
        def set_markup(str)
        def format_secondary_text(message_format)
        def format_secondary_markup(message_format)
        def set_image(image)
        def get_image()

## Ancestry

    +-- gobject.GObject
      +-- gtk.Object
        +-- gtk.Widget
          +-- gtk.Container
            +-- gtk.Bin
              +-- gtk.Window
                +-- gtk.Dialog
                  +-- gtk.MessageDialog

## Implemented Interfaces

`gtk.MessageDialog` implements `gtk.Buildable`

## gtk.MessageDialog Properties

gtk.Object Properties

gtk.Widget Properties

gtk.Container Properties

gtk.Window Properties

gtk.Dialog Properties

"buttons" | Write-Construct | The buttons shown in the message dialog. One of the GTK Buttons Type Constants: `gtk.BUTTONS_NONE`, `gtk.BUTTONS_OK`, `gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE`, `gtk.BUTTONS_CANCEL`, `gtk.BUTTONS_YES_NO`, `gtk.BUTTONS_OK_CANCEL`. Default value: `gtk.BUTTONS_NONE`
"image" | Read-Write | The image for this dialog. Available in GTK+ 2.10.
"message-type" | Read-Write-Construct | The type of message. One of the GTK Message Type Constants: `gtk.MESSAGE_INFO`, `gtk.MESSAGE_WARNING`, `gtk.MESSAGE_QUESTION` or `gtk.MESSAGE_ERROR`. Default value: `gtk.MESSAGE_INFO`
"secondary-text" | Read-Write | The secondary text of the message dialog. Default value: `None`. Available in GTK+ 2.10.
"secondary-use-markup" | Read-Write | If `True` the secondary text of the dialog includes Pango markup. See the `pango.parse_markup`() function. Default value: `False`. Available in GTK+ 2.10.
"text" | Read-Write | The primary text of the message dialog. If the dialog has a secondary text, this will appear as the title. Default value: `None`. Available in GTK+ 2.10.
"use-markup" | Read-Write | If `True` the primary text of the dialog includes Pango markup. See the `pango.parse_markup`() function. Default value: `False`. Available in GTK+ 2.10.

## gtk.MessageDialog Style Properties

gtk.Widget Style Properties

gtk.Dialog Style Properties

"message-border" | Read-Write | The width of border around the label and image in the message dialog. Allowed values: >= 0. Default value: 12.
"use-separator" | Read | If `True` draw a separator line between the message label and the buttons in the dialog. This property is available in GTK+ 2.4 and above.

## Attributes

"image" | Read | The stock ID image
"label" | Read | The label widget that contains the message text.

## gtk.MessageDialog Signal Prototypes

gobject.GObject Signal Prototypes

gtk.Object Signal Prototypes

gtk.Widget Signal Prototypes

gtk.Container Signal Prototypes

gtk.Window Signal Prototypes

gtk.Dialog Signal Prototypes

## Description

The `gtk.MessageDialog` presents a dialog with an image representing the type of message (Error, Question, etc.) alongside some message text. It's simply a convenience widget; you could construct the equivalent of `gtk.MessageDialog` from `gtk.Dialog` without too much effort, but `gtk.MessageDialog` saves time.

The `gtk.MessageDialog` types are listed in the GTK Message Type Constants.

A selection of predefined button sets is available for use in a message dialog. See the GTK Buttons Type Constants.

See the `gtk.Dialog` reference page for additional methods to be used with the `gtk.MessageDialog`.

## Constructor

        gtk.MessageDialog(parent=None, flags=0, type=gtk.MESSAGE_INFO, buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_NONE, message_format=None)

`parent` : | the transient parent, or None if none
`flags` : | the dialog flags - a combination of: `gtk.DIALOG_MODAL`, `gtk.DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT` or 0 for no flags
`type` : | the type of message: `gtk.MESSAGE_INFO`, `gtk.MESSAGE_WARNING`, `gtk.MESSAGE_QUESTION` or `gtk.MESSAGE_ERROR`.
`buttons` : | the predefined set of buttons to use: `gtk.BUTTONS_NONE`, `gtk.BUTTONS_OK`, `gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE`, `gtk.BUTTONS_CANCEL`, `gtk.BUTTONS_YES_NO`, `gtk.BUTTONS_OK_CANCEL`
`message_format` : | a string containing the message text or None
Returns : | a new `gtk.MessageDialog` widget

Creates a new `gtk.MessageDialog`, which is a simple dialog with an icon indicating the dialog type (error, warning, etc.) specified by `type` and some text (`message_format`) the user may want to see. `parent` if specified indicates the transient parent of the dialog. The `flags` allow the specification special dialog characteristics: make the dialog modal (`gtk.DIALOG_MODAL`) and destroy the dialog when the parent is destroyed (`gtk.DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT`). When the user clicks a button a "response" signal is emitted with response IDs. `buttons` specifies the set of predefined buttons to use: `gtk.BUTTONS_NONE`, `gtk.BUTTONS_OK`, `gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE`, `gtk.BUTTONS_CANCEL`, `gtk.BUTTONS_YES_NO`, `gtk.BUTTONS_OK_CANCEL`. See `gtk.Dialog` for more details.

## Methods

### gtk.MessageDialog.set_markup

        def set_markup(str)

`str` : | a markup string (see the Pango markup language reference)

### Note

This method is available in PyGTK 2.4 and above.

The `set_markup`() method sets the text of the message dialog to the contents of `str`. If `str` contains text marked up with Pango markup (see The Pango Markup Language), it will be displayed with those attributes. Note the '<', '>' and '&' characters must be replaced with '&lt;', '&gt;' and '&amp;' respectively to be displayed literally.

### gtk.MessageDialog.format_secondary_text

        def format_secondary_text(message_format)

`message_format` : | The text to be displayed as the secondary text or `None`.

### Note

This method is available in PyGTK 2.6 and above.

The `format_secondary_text`() method sets the secondary text of the message dialog to the text specified by `message_format`. Note that setting a secondary text makes the primary text bold, unless you have provided explicit markup.

### gtk.MessageDialog.format_secondary_markup

        def format_secondary_markup(message_format)

`message_format` : | A string containing the pango markup to use as secondary text.

### Note

This method is available in PyGTK 2.6 and above.

The `format_secondary_markup`() method sets the secondary text to the markup text specified by `message_format`. Note that setting a secondary text makes the primary text become bold, unless you have provided explicit markup.

### gtk.MessageDialog.set_image

        def set_image(image)

`image` : | the image widget

### Note

This method is available in PyGTK 2.10 and above.

The `set_image`() method sets the dialog's image to the `gtk.Widget` specified by `image`.

### gtk.MessageDialog.get_image

        def get_image()

Returns : | the dialog's image.

### Note

This method is available in PyGTK 2.14 and above.

The `get_image`() method gets the dialog's image.

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