## wxTextEntryDialog

This class represents a dialog that requests a one-line text string from the user. It is implemented as a generic wxWindows dialog.

Derived from

wxDialog
wxWindow
wxEvtHandler
wxObject

Include files

<wx/textdlg.h>

See also

wxTextEntryDialog overview

Members

wxTextEntryDialog::wxTextEntryDialog
wxTextEntryDialog::~wxTextEntryDialog
wxTextEntryDialog::GetValue
wxTextEntryDialog::SetValue
wxTextEntryDialog::ShowModal

### wxTextEntryDialog::wxTextEntryDialog

wxTextEntryDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& message, const wxString& caption = "Please enter text", const wxString& defaultValue = "", long style = wxOK | wxCANCEL | wxCENTRE, const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition)

Constructor. Use wxTextEntryDialog::ShowModal to show the dialog.

Parameters

parent

Parent window.

message

Message to show on the dialog.

defaultValue

The default value, which may be the empty string.

style

A dialog style, specifying the buttons (wxOK, wxCANCEL) and an optional wxCENTRE style. Additionally, wxTextCtrl styles (such as `wxTE_PASSWORD` may be specified here.

pos

Dialog position.

### wxTextEntryDialog::~wxTextEntryDialog

~wxTextEntryDialog()

Destructor.

### wxTextEntryDialog::GetValue

wxString GetValue() const

Returns the text that the user has entered if the user has pressed OK, or the original value if the user has pressed Cancel.

### wxTextEntryDialog::SetValue

void SetValue(const wxString& value)

Sets the default text value.

### wxTextEntryDialog::ShowModal

int ShowModal()

Shows the dialog, returning wxID_OK if the user pressed OK, and wxOK_CANCEL otherwise.