pyface.message_dialog module

The implementation of a dialog that displays a message.

pyface.message_dialog.information(parent, message, title='Information', detail='', informative='', text_format='auto')[source]

Convenience method to show an information message dialog.

Parameters

  • parent (toolkit control or None) – The toolkit control that should be the parent of the dialog.

  • message (str) – The text of the message to display.

  • title (str) – The text of the dialog title.

  • detail (str) – Further details about the message (displayed when the user clicks “Show details”).

  • informative (str) – Explanatory text to display along with the message.

  • text_format (str) – Specifies what text format to use in the resulting message dialog. One of “auto”, “plain”, or “rich”. Only supported on the qt backend.

pyface.message_dialog.warning(parent, message, title='Warning', detail='', informative='', text_format='auto')[source]

Convenience function to show a warning message dialog.

Parameters

  • parent (toolkit control or None) – The toolkit control that should be the parent of the dialog.

  • message (str) – The text of the message to display.

  • title (str) – The text of the dialog title.

  • detail (str) – Further details about the message (displayed when the user clicks “Show details”).

  • informative (str) – Explanatory text to display along with the message.

  • text_format (str) – Specifies what text format to use in the resulting message dialog. One of “auto”, “plain”, or “rich”. Only supported on the qt backend.

pyface.message_dialog.error(parent, message, title='Error', detail='', informative='', text_format='auto')[source]

Convenience function to show an error message dialog.

Parameters

  • parent (toolkit control or None) – The toolkit control that should be the parent of the dialog.

  • message (str) – The text of the message to display.

  • title (str) – The text of the dialog title.

  • detail (str) – Further details about the message (displayed when the user clicks “Show details”).

  • informative (str) – Explanatory text to display along with the message.

  • text_format (str) – Specifies what text format to use in the resulting message dialog. One of “auto”, “plain”, or “rich”. Only supported on the qt backend.