Template:mIRC Guide Dialog Components are individual dialog elements that can be added onto the main dialog window. Below is a list of all the natively provided dialog components in mIRC.

Components

Button	Check	Toggle	Text
Group	Icon	Edit	Scroll
Link	Menu	Radio	Tab
List	Combo

Button

The button control is a user interface control that responds to click events.

Synopsis

button "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
default	Sets the button to be the default button. This causes the button to be selected upon dialog creation.
ok	Sets the button to be the OK button. The OK button closes the dialog and in modal mode returns the return value set.
cancel	Closes the dialog as if it was canceled – similar to clicking the X button.
flat	Creates a flat button (that depends on the OS and the theme used).
multi	Allows the text in the button to wrap around to multiple lines.
disable	Disables the button.
hide	Makes the button invisible.
result	In modal mode, returns the text of the button.

/did

• -f - set focus on the button
• -t - set the button as the default button
• -e - enable the button
• -b - disable the button
• -v - make the button visible
• -h - hide the button
• -r - clear the button's text (caption)
• -a - Adds to the button's text (caption)

$did

$did(<name>,<id>)[.property]

Without any property, return the text (caption) of the button, same as the .text property

Properties:

• .text - returns the text of the button (caption)
• .len - returns the length of the button's text (caption)
• .next - returns the id of the next control in order of tab keypress
• .prev - returns the id of the previous control in order of tab keypress
• .visible - returns $true if the button is visible, otherwise $false
• .enabled - returns $true if the button is enabled, otherwise $false

Events

Event	Description
sclick	Triggers upon single click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 50
  option dbu
  button "Example 1", 1, 4 10 40 12
  button "Example 2", 2, 50 10 40 12
  button "Example A", 3, 4 30 40 12
  button "Example B", 4, 50 30 40 12, ok
}
; event
on *:dialog:example:sclick:1-4:{
  echo -a $did($dname, $did).text is clicked.
}

Check

The checkbox control is a user interface element that permits the user to select or deselect an option. The checkbox control is a combination of a check box and a label. The mIRC check control has three states: Checked, Unchecked, and Indeterminate.

Synopsis

check "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
push	Toggle Button
left	Places the text on the left side of the control.
3state	Enables Indeterminate State.
multi	Allows the text in the check box to wrap around to multiple lines.
disable	Disables the check box.
hide	Makes the check box invisible.
result	In modal mode, returns the text of the check box.

/did

• -f - sets focus on the checkbox
• -t - sets the checkbox as the default control
• -e - enables the checkbox
• -b - disables the checkbox
• -v - makes the checkbox visible
• -h - hides the checkbox
• -c - mark the checkbox as checked
• -u - mark the checkbox as unchecked, if you use -cu, it mark a 3dstate checkbox as indeterminate.
• -r - clear the text of the checkbox (caption)
• -a - adds text to the text of the checkbox (caption)

$did

$did(<name>,<id>)[.property]

Without any property, returns the text (caption) of the checkbox, same as the .text property

Properties:

• .text - returns the text (caption) of the checkbox line or Nth line
• .len - returns the length of the text of the checkbox (caption)
• .sel - returns line number of Nth selected line
• .state - returns the state of the checkboxes, 0 = unchecked, 1 = checked, 2 = indeterminate (for 3stage checkboxes)
• .next - returns the id of the next control in order of tab keypress
• .prev - returns the id of the previous control in order of tab keypress
• .visible - returns $true if the checkbox is visible, otherwise $false
• .enabled - returns $true if the checkbox is enabled, otherwise $false

Events

Event	Description
sclick	Triggers upon single click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 50
  option dbu
  check "Example 1", 1, 4 10 40 12, 3state
  check "Example 2", 2, 50 10 40 12
  check "Example 3", 3, 4 30 40 12
  button "Done", 4, 50 30 40 12, ok
}
; events
on *:dialog:example:init:0:{ 
  did -cu $dname 1
  did -c $dname 2
}
on *:dialog:example:sclick:1-3:{
  echo -a $did($dname, $did).text is clicked. $&
    State: $dstate $+ .
}
alias -l dstate {
  var %s UnChecked Checked Indeterminate
  return $gettok(%s, $calc($did($dname, $did).state + 1), 32)
}

Text

A text is simply a GUI label component with text designed for displaying information with no user input. By default, the text will wrap to the next line if needed.

Synopsis

text "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
nowrap	Prevents the text from wrapping. Any text that does not fit will simply be cut off.
center	Centers the text in the label.
right	Right-aligned the text in the label.
disable	Disables the label. (grays it out)
hide	Makes the label invisible.
result	In modal mode, returns the text of the label.

/did

• -f - sets focus on the text control
• -e - enable the text control
• -b - disable the text control
• -v - make the text control visible
• -h - hide the text control
• -r - clears the text of the text control
• -a - adds text to the text control

$did

$did(<name>,<id>)[.property]

Without any property, return the text (caption) of the text control, same as the .text property

Properties:

• .text - returns the text of the text control (caption)
• .len - returns the length of the text of the text control (caption)
• .next - returns the id of the next control in order of tab keypress
• .prev - returns the id of the previous control in order of tab keypress
• .visible - returns $true if the button is visible, otherwise $false
• .enabled - returns $true if the button is enabled, otherwise $false

Events

Event	Description
sclick	Triggers upon single click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 70
  option dbu
  text "This label does not wrap.", 1, 4 10 40 15, nowrap
  text "This is a simple label.", 2, 4 30 40 15
  text "I am right-aligned.", 3, 4 50 40 15, right
  button "Done", 4, 50 30 40 12, ok
}

Group

This is a static control with a group box frame and an optional title that shows up at the top of the frame.

Synopsis

box "<title>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
disable	Disables the group.
hide	Makes the group invisible.
result	In modal mode, returns the text of the button.

/did

• -f - set focus on the box
• -e - enable the box
• -b - disable the box
• -v - make the box visible
• -h - hide the box
• -r - clear the box's text (caption)
• -a - Adds to the box's text (caption)

$did

$did(<name>,<id>)[.property]

Without any property, return the text (caption) of the box, same as the .text property

Properties:

• .text - returns the text of the box (caption)
• .len - returns the length of the box's text (caption)
• .next - returns the id of the next control in order of tab keypress
• .prev - returns the id of the previous control in order of tab keypress
• .visible - returns $true if the box is visible, otherwise $false
• .enabled - returns $true if the box is enabled, otherwise $false

Events

This control has no events.

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 90 120
  option dbu
  box "A Settings", 1, 4 4 80 40
  box "B Settings", 2, 4 50 80 40
  button "Done", 4, 40 100 40 12, ok
}

Icon

An icon control is a simple container that holds images and icons.

Note: You cannot make an empty icon control, you must give a filename.

Synopsis

icon <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <filename>[, <index>]], <style>

Styles

Style	Description
disabled	Prevents the image from being shown. Frame might still show on some themes.
hide	Hides the image.
noborder	Hide the border around the image.
top	Aligns the image with the top of the container. Only applies if the image size is smaller than the container.
left	Aligns the image with the left of the container. Only applies if the image size is smaller than the container.
bottom	Aligns the image with the bottom of the container. Only applies if the image size is smaller than the container.
right	Aligns the image with the right of the container. Only applies if the image size is smaller than the container.
small	Use small factor image size.
large	Use large factor image size.
actual	Use actual factor image size.

/did

• -f - sets focus on the icon
• -e - enables the button
• -b - disables the button
• -v - makes the button visible
• -h - hides the button
• -g - sets a new icon/bmp to an icon control, /did -g <name> <id> [n] <filename> where [n] is the optional index for the icon in the file

$did

$did(<name>,<id>)<.property>

Properties:

• .next - returns the id of the next control in order of tab keypress
• .prev - returns the id of the previous control in order of tab keypress
• .visible - returns $true if the icon is visible, otherwise $false
• .enabled - returns $true if the icon is enabled, otherwise $false

Events

Event	Description
mouse	Triggers when a mouse moves over the image.
sclick	Triggers upon a left mouse click on the image.
uclick	Triggers upon a release of the left mouse click.
dclick	Triggers upon a double left mouse click.
rclick	Triggers upon a right mouse click on the image.
drop	Triggers upon a drop click on the image.

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 110
  option dbu
 
  icon 1, 10 10 80 80, "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Penguins.jpg", actual
 
  button "Done", 7, 10 95 40 12, ok
}

Edit

The edit control can behave as a normal text box as well as a rich text control.

Synopsis

edit "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
disabled	Disables the text control.
read	Sets the control to read-only.
pass	Treats the textbox as a password field. Stars-out the text.
hide	Hides the text control.
right	Right aligns the text.
center	Center aligns the text.
multi	Allows the text to span multiple lines.
hsbar	Always show the horizontal scrollbar.
autohs	Show the horizontal scrollbar automatically when needed.
vsbar	Allows show the vertical scrollbar.
autovs	Show the vertical scrollbar automatically when needed.
rich	Creates a rich-edit control instead of the normal text control.
return	Accepts the return key. Allowing the user to create a new line.
limit N	Limits the text to N characters.

/did

• -f - set focus on the editbox
• -e - enable the editbox
• -b - disable the editbox
• -v - make the editbox visible
• -h - hide the editbox
• -r - clear the edit's text
• -a - Adds to the editbox's text. You can use $crlf if the editbox has 'multi' style to add a newline.
• -n - enables the editbox
• -m - disables editbox
• -c - sets the selected text in the editbox, /did -c <name> <id> <line> [[n [n2]], set the selection on line <line>, where n and n2 represent the start/end position of the selection in the line
• -d - if you used the 'multi' style, deletes the Nth line in the editbox
• -i - inserts the text on the Nth line of the editbox (if you are not using the 'multi' style, it overwrites everything)
• -o - overwrite the Nth line (if you are not using the 'multi' style, it overwrite everything) in the editbox
• -j - resets the edited setting of the editbox

$did

$did(<name>,<id>)[.property]

Without any property, return the text (caption) of the editbox, same as the .text property

Properties:

• .text - returns the text of the editbox (caption)
• .len - returns the length of the editbox's text (caption)
• .lines - returns the number of lines in the editbox
• .sel - If N is non-zero, returns the line number of the starting position of selection
• .seltext - returns the selected text in the editbox
• .selstart - returns the position of the start of the selection in the editbox
• .selend - returns the position of the end of the selection in the editbox
• .edited - returns $true if the content of the editbox was changed
• .next - returns the id of the next control in order of tab keypress
• .prev - returns the id of the previous control in order of tab keypress
• .visible - returns $true if the button is visible, otherwise $false
• .enabled - returns $true if the button is enabled, otherwise $false

Events

Event	Description
mouse	Triggers when a mouse moves over the text.
edit	Triggers when the text has changed/edited.

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 110
  option dbu
 
  edit "Lef", 1, 10 10 80 20,
  edit "Center", 2, 10 40 80 20, center
  edit "Right", 3, 10 70 80 20, right
 
  button "Done", 7, 10 95 40 12, ok
}

Scroll

A scrollbar is a simple dialog component that can be used to scroll something. A scrollbar operates within a given range.

Synopsis

scroll "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>, <style>

Styles

Style	Description
left	Positions the scrollbar at the left side of the rectangular area specified.
right	Positions the scrollbar at the right side of the rectangular area specified.
top	Positions the scrollbar at the top side of the rectangular area specified.
bottom	Positions the scrollbar at the bottom side of the rectangular area specified.
horizontal	Creates a horizontal scrollbar instead of a vertical one.
range	Sets the range of the scrollbar, Syntax: range <low> <high>.

Events

Event	Description
scroll	Triggers upon a scrollbar value change only.

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 90 65
  option dbu
 
  text "0%", 1, 30 20 20 20
  scroll , 2, 60 5 5 40, range 0 100
 
  button "Done", 13, 25 50 40 12, ok
}
on *:dialog:example:scroll:2:{
  did -ra example 1 $did(example, 2).sel $+ %
}

Link

A link control, just like a label, is a static control with the additional behavior that, when clicked, it opens the URL in the default web browser.

Synopsis

link "<URL>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
disable	Disables the link. (grays it out)
hide	Makes the link invisible.
result	In modal mode, returns the URL.

Events

Event	Description
sclick	Triggers upon single click
dclick	Triggers upon double click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 50
  option dbu
  link "http://www.wikichip.org/", 1, 4 10 80 12
  button "Done", 4, 50 30 40 12, ok
}

Menu

A menu control that allows a hierarchical organization of elements called menu items.

Synopsis

menu "<text>", <menuid> [, <menuid>]
item "<text>", <id [, <menuid>]
item break, <id [, <menuid>]

Note: Menu items can nest under other menus by simply specifying their parent menu ID.

Styles

This element has no available styles.

Events

Event	Description
menu	Triggers upon menu click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 110
  option dbu
 
  menu "&File", 1
  item "&New", 11, 1
  item "&Open...", 12, 1
  item "&Save", 13, 1
  item "Save &As...", 14, 1
  menu "&Edit", 2
  item "Some Item1", 21, 2
  item break, 22, 2
  item "Some Item2", 23, 2
  menu "&View", 3
  item "Some Item3", 31, 3
  item break, 32, 3
  item "Some Item4", 33, 3
  menu "&Help", 4
  item "Some Item5", 41, 4
  item break, 42, 4
  item "Some Item6", 43, 4
 
  button "Done", 7, 10 95 40 12, ok
}

Radio

Radio buttons are a group of controls that can be configured to only allow the user to choose one of a predefined set of options.

Synopsis

radio "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style> [group]]

Styles

Style	Description
left	Places the text on the left side of the control.
push	Creates a radio button in the form of normal buttons.
disable	Disables the button.
hide	Makes the button invisible.
result	In modal mode, returns the text of the button.

Events

Event	Description
sclick	Triggers upon single click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 90 80
  option dbu
 
  ; 1st group
  text "Sex:", 1, 4 4 10 10
  radio "Male", 2, 4 13 20 10, group
  radio "Female", 3, 30 13 30 10
  
  ; 2nd group
  text "Marital Status:", 4, 4 25 50 10
  radio "Single", 5, 4 33 22 10, group left
  radio "Married", 6, 30 33 25 10, left
  radio "Other", 7, 60 33 22 10, left
 
  ; 3rd group
  text "Favorite Color:", 8, 4 45 50 10
  radio "Red", 9, 4 55 20 10, group push
  radio "Green", 10, 25 55 20 10, push
  radio "Blue", 11, 46 55 20 10, push
  radio "Other", 12, 67 55 20 10, push
  button "Done", 13, 40 68 40 12, ok
}

Tab

A tab control is a container component capable of holding all of the other components. A tab control can have multiple tabs, and each tab can store another set of controls.

Synopsis

tab "<text>", <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>, <style>
tab "<text>", <id>, <style>

Styles

Style	Description
disable	Disables all the controls inside the specified tab.

Events

Event	Description
sclick	Triggers upon single click

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 110
  option dbu
 
  tab "Tab 1", 1, 10 10 80 80
  tab "Tab 2", 2
  tab "Tab 3", 3
 
  button "111", 4, 20 30 40 40, tab 1
  button "222", 5, 20 30 40 40, tab 2
  button "333", 6, 20 30 40 40, tab 3
 
  button "Done", 7, 10 95 40 12, ok
}

List

The list control provides a way to display a list of items.

Synopsis

list <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
disable	Disables the list control.
hide	Hides the list control.
sort	Sorts the items in the list.
multsel	Allows multiple items to be selected at once.
extsel	Allows extra selection support.
vsbar	Always show the vertical scrollbar.
hsbar	Alwas show the horizontal scrollbar.
check	Turns the list into a list of checkbox items.
radio	Turns the list into a list of radio items.

Events

Event	Description
mouse	Triggers when a mouse moves the list control.
sclick	Triggers when an item is clicked.
dclick	Triggers when an item is double clicked.

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 110
  option dbu
 
  list 1, 10 10 80 20, multsel
  list 2, 10 40 80 20, radio
  list 3, 10 70 80 20, check
 
  button "Done", 7, 10 95 40 12, ok
}
on 1:dialog:example:init:*: {
  did -a example 1 Item A
  did -a example 1 Item B
  did -a example 1 Item C
  did -a example 2 Item A
  did -a example 2 Item B
  did -a example 2 Item C
  did -a example 3 Item A
  did -a example 3 Item B
  did -a example 3 Item C
}

Combo

The combo control provides a way to choose an item from a selection of items in either a list, or from a drop-down fashion selection box.

Synopsis

combo <id>, <x> <y> <width> <height>[, <style>]

Styles

Style	Description
disable	Disables the combo control.
hide	Hides the combo control.
sort	Sorts the items in the combo control.
drop	Creates a drop-down combo control.
edit	Used with 'drop' style, creates a drop-down editable combo control.
vsbar	Always show the vertical scrollbar.
hsbar	Always show the horizontal scrollbar.

Events

Event	Description
mouse	Triggers when a mouse moves the combo control.
sclick	Triggers when an item is clicked.

Example

; init alias
alias example {
  dialog -m example example
}
; dialog structure
dialog Example {
  title "Example"
  size -1 -1 100 110
  option dbu
 
  combo 1, 10 10 80 50, drop
  combo 2, 10 50 80 50
 
  button "Done", 7, 10 95 40 12, ok
}
on 1:dialog:example:init:*: {
  did -a example 1 Item A
  did -a example 1 Item B
  did -a example 1 Item C
  did -a example 2 Item A
  did -a example 2 Item B
  did -a example 2 Item C
}