kdialog

displays KDE dialog boxes from shell scripts, enabling graphical user

TLDR

Display message box

$ kdialog --msgbox "message"

Show yes/no question dialog

$ kdialog --yesno "message"

Show warning with yes/no/cancel

$ kdialog --warningyesnocancel "message"

Show input dialog

$ kdialog --inputbox "message" "default"

Show password input dialog

$ kdialog --password "message"

Show combo box dropdown

$ kdialog --combobox "message" "item1" "item2" "item3"

Open file chooser dialog

$ kdialog --getopenfilename

Show progress bar dialog

$ kdialog --progressbar "message"

kdialog displays KDE dialog boxes from shell scripts, enabling graphical user interaction in command-line scripts. It provides various dialog types including message boxes, input dialogs, file choosers, and progress bars.

PARAMETERS

--msgbox TEXT

Display a message box with OK button

--yesno TEXT

Display yes/no dialog; returns 0 for yes, 1 for no

--yesnocancel TEXT

Display yes/no/cancel dialog; returns 0, 1, or 2

--warningyesno TEXT

Display warning with yes/no buttons

--warningyesnocancel TEXT

Display warning with yes/no/cancel buttons

--inputbox TEXT [DEFAULT]

Display input dialog; prints input to stdout

--password TEXT

Display password input dialog

--combobox TEXT ITEM...

Display dropdown selection dialog

--getopenfilename [DIR] [FILTER]

Display file open dialog

--getsavefilename [DIR] [FILTER]

Display file save dialog

--getexistingdirectory [DIR]

Display directory selection dialog

--progressbar TEXT [TOTAL]

Display progress bar; returns D-Bus reference

--title TEXT

Set dialog window title

--icon ICON

Set dialog icon

INSTALL

sudo apt install kdialog

sudo dnf install kdialog

sudo pacman -S kdialog

sudo apk add kdialog

sudo zypper install kdialog

CAVEATS

kdialog requires a running KDE/Qt environment. Exit codes vary by dialog type; check return values for user selections. Progress bars return D-Bus references for updating progress from scripts.

HISTORY

kdialog is part of the KDE base applications, providing script access to KDE's native dialog system. It is the KDE equivalent of zenity for GTK environments.