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Questions tagged [dialog]

Questions about creating, handling and using dialog windows (aka dialogues)

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How do I move child windows without moving or minimizing parent in GNOME 3?

I have Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3. What happens: I have (for example) LibreOffice Calc open, with some data columns in it. I highlight the columns I want to chart, then I select INSERT > CHART. The chart child window dialog pops up on top of my…
Monet's Chemist
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How to detach modal dialogs from main window? Popup dialogs attached to window title and not movable

Not sure of the terminology here, but most of my popup dialogs (see screenshot below) are attached to the window title and cannot be moved. If the parent window is moved, the popup moves with it. Is there a way to get rid of this and have all popup…
JesperE
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Can I stop apps from selecting "Recently Used" by default in file chooser dialogs?

In Ubuntu and Kubuntu 11.10 I see changes in behaviour of GTK file chooser dialog. When I try to open new file (second, third etc, not first in editor) dialog show "Recenty used" section. It is very unsuitable for me, in 10.04 dialog shows folder…
Dim_K
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How to get dialog box input directed to a variable?

I have been teaching myself bash scripting and have run into an issue. I have written a script to take input from the user, using the 'read' command, and make that input a variable to use later in the script. The script works, but.... I would like…
emerikanbloke
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What is the command to open the shutdown dialog?

I would like to use a gesture to shutdown/restart my computer and I need to know the command that launches the shutdown dialog:
Isaiah
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The Save As dialog does not let me type a file name. How can I fix that?

In some programs like Firefox (Snap), if I trigger Save as... a dialog opens. If I try to modify the file name, I can move the caret with the cursor keys but as soon as I press any key to enter text, a filter box is shown to filter the listed file…
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Bypass "Do you want to..." dialog after clicking script

After I create a bash script and double click it in Nautilus I am prompted with this - Do you want to run "sleepytime", or display its contents? With Run in terminal, Dislpay, Cancel and Run as options. Is it possible to just choose "run" or "run…
winchendonsprings
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bash utility 'dialog' leaves a messy screen

When I run this script it displays options in a menu style on my terminal and then runs the relavent command in the script. #!/bin/sh TEMP=/tmp/answer$$ dialog --ascii-lines --title "Administrative tasks" --menu "Tasks :" 20 0 0 1 "Display…
Meer Borg
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How to disable shutdown confirmation on Ubuntu 20.04?

How to disable the shutdown confirmation dialogues on Ubuntu 20.04?
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Popup dialogs transparent instead of showing any content

I used to think this was just an Eclipse bug, but it persist even after switching to IntelliJ Idea. I think this happens on other programs as well, but less frequently, and obviously matters far less. Is there any workaround for this or do I just…
Seppo420
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How can I copy text from dialog boxes and menus?

I am learning Japanese and installed the OS in Japanese to immerse myself in the language. Sometimes I want to copy messages from windows, menus and dialog boxes so that I can look them up on the dictionary, but I cant. I saw that there there many…
tatsuhirosatou
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How to Use KDE / Plasma Dialogs in Thunderbird

While getting Firefox to use KDE / Plasma dialogs was not straightforward, following this link and rebooting my machine got it working. Thunderbird seems to be another kind of animal, though. Copying the thunderbird.desktop file to my home directory…
Al F
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Path bar missing in file dialog after running software updater for Ubuntu 17.04

After running software updater, the path bar in the file dialog (for example the one you get when choosing Open File in in Google Chrome or Firefox) is missing. This is frustrating since it's no longer possible to copy a path from the terminal (for…
Håkon Hægland
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Text from dialog box can't be selected and copied

Text from dialog box can't be selected and copied. in the question: How can I copy text from dialog boxes and menus? I find a suggestion to make a screenshot and read the result with an OCR. The above question is related to Japanese text, but I have…
Corrado Venturini
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Gimp color tools (colorize, brightness, curves, etc) aren't working

When I try to run color modification tools like right-click > Colors > Colorize (or any of the color tools, Brightness / Contrast, Hue / Saturation, etc). I click and nothing happens: I click Colorize and nothing happens. The menu just goes away.…
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