Questions tagged [yad]

a fork of zenity, used for creating GUI dialogs

a fork of zenity, used for creating GUI dialogs

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Bash template to use zenity (or yad) to insert / edit / delete records in a file or database

I’m looking for a bash template that uses zenity or yad to maintain a list of records. The template could be a shopping check list with print option or it could be a list of servers to monitor ping time. In either case I’d like to take that code and…
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How can I easily create a GUI dialog with a bash script?

I need to present some text along with the items(about 15 values) for each of two Bash list(file) records. On the same screen I need to present a three way selection, (buttons, scrolled selection window, etc.). I'm an Ubuntu(11.04) scripting noob…
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Windows Subsystem for Linux desktop shortcut to GUI

I have a bash script called lock-screen-timer which calls yad to mount a GUI dialog box. Under Windows 10 and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) I can run it from the bash prompt (note VcXsrv has to be installed first). I can't figure out how to…
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How to edit YAD question labels (example)?

YAD is a Zenity fork. I have this yad script: #!/bin/bash yad --text="Execute the file? (press 'Cancel' to open in text editor)" case $? in 0)thunar "$1" ;; 1)gedit $1 ;; esac Associated with a desktop file as application…
user47206
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How do I get a Zenity feature in Yad?

I have the following twenty-six files in a folder: $ ls a.txt c.txt e.txt g.txt i.txt k.txt m.txt o.txt q.txt s.txt u.txt w.txt y.txt b.txt d.txt f.txt h.txt j.txt l.txt n.txt p.txt r.txt t.txt v.txt x.txt z.txt $ I can use…
DK Bose
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Test if yad version >= specific version number

I need a script to check if yad (and other programs) version number is >= to a specific number. For example I have: $ yad --version 0.40.0 (GTK+ 3.24.8) $ gedit --version gedit - Version 3.32.0 $ bash --version GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release…
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Launch command in gnome-terminal, then close gnome-terminal without ending executed command?

I have a semi oddball thing I'm tinkering with. I'm looking for a way to make launching MPV (video player) to video links easier. MPV's default behavior is to either launch mpv https://url.of.video in terminal, or drag/drop the URL to the MPV…
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List of file types and default Ubuntu applications to open with

I'm writing a humble file manager and am seeking a list of different file types and what default applications Ubuntu uses to open them with. So far I've only figured out "text" open with gedit, "image" open with eog (eye-of-gnome) and "audio" open…
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Code version control between local files and AU answers

Introduction Note this is a self-answered question to “share knowledge”. A “bash only” script is required to download Ask Ubuntu answers linked to source code (scripts) on my system. Then compare the two using the diff command. The point is to…
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Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window

Recently I've been encountering many questions in Ask Ubuntu that require changing gsettings to solve the problem. For example this question: How to prevent shutdown when one of two batteries is empty? references a gsettings that is new to…
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Yad gui to replace a picture in a directory?

I need a yad script to perform 2 functions. 1. Image slect I have a picture in a directory : /usr/share/picture.jpg I want to create a yad gui that asks the user to select his own picture and then yad replaces the existing picture with the picture…
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Yet Another Dialog Appimage not working

Ive been trying to get Steam Tinker to work on my pc but to do so i need to install the YAD, i looked into the actual Yad github but i have a hard time understanding it so i went with the AppImage that is detailed on the ST github…
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How to use yad to terminate application

I want to use yad system tray notification to terminate an application (vlc for example), I used the following code: yad --notification --no-middle --image=emblem-warning --menu='Cancel ! kill $pid' --text="My Tooltip" & vlc & pid=${!} The code…
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yad notification in Gnome Shell 3

yad notifications (https://sourceforge.net/p/yad-dialog/wiki/NotificationIcon/) like in this example are not displayed: yad --notification --image="gtk-help" --command="echo 'Hello World'" --text="The notification's tooltip" I guess it has to do…
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How to put YAD form fields value into variable after submit?

How to put YAD form fields value into variable after submit? My script actually looks like this: #!/bin/bash default_jpg='/'; default_mp3='/'; default_resolution='1920:1080'; default_filename="/"; OUTPUT=$(yad \ --title="JPG and MP3 to MP4" \ …
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