Usage:¶

zenity [OPTION?]

Help Options:¶

-h, --help

Show help options

--help-all

Show all help options

--help-general

Show general options

--help-calendar

Show calendar options

--help-entry

Show text entry options

--help-error

Show error options

--help-info

Show info options

--help-file-selection

Show file selection options

--help-list

Show list options

--help-notification

Show notification options

--help-progress

Show progress options

--help-question

Show question options

--help-warning

Show warning options

--help-scale

Show scale options

--help-text-info

Show text information options

--help-color-selection

Show color selection options

--help-password

Show password dialog options

--help-forms

Show forms dialog options

--help-misc

Show miscellaneous options

General options

--title=TITLE

Set the dialog title

--width=WIDTH

Set the width

--height=HEIGHT

Set the height

--timeout=TIMEOUT

Set dialog timeout in seconds

--ok-label=TEXT

Set the label of the OK button

--cancel-label=TEXT

Set the label of the Cancel button

--extra-button=TEXT

Add an extra button

--modal

Set the modal hint

--attach=WINDOW

DEPRECATED; does nothing

Calendar options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--day=DAY

Set the calendar day

--month=MONTH

Set the calendar month

--year=YEAR

Set the calendar year

--date-format=PATTERN

Set the format for the returned date

Text entry options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--entry-text=TEXT

Set the entry text

--hide-text

Hide the entry text

Error options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--icon=ICON-NAME

Set the icon name

--no-wrap

Do not enable text wrapping

--no-markup

Do not enable Pango markup

--ellipsize

Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts

Info options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--icon=ICON-NAME

Set the icon name

--no-wrap

Do not enable text wrapping

--no-markup

Do not enable Pango markup

--ellipsize

Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts

File selection options

--filename=FILENAME

Set the filename

--multiple

Allow multiple files to be selected

--directory

Activate directory-only selection

--save

Activate save mode

--separator=SEPARATOR

Set output separator character

--file-filter=NAME | PATTERN1 PATTERN2 ...

Set a filename filter

--confirm-overwrite

DEPRECATED; does nothing

List options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--column=COLUMN

Set the column header

--checklist

Use check boxes for the first column

--radiolist

Use radio buttons for the first column

--imagelist

Use an image for the first column

--separator=SEPARATOR

Set output separator character

--multiple

Allow multiple rows to be selected

--editable

Allow changes to text

--print-column=NUMBER

Print a specific column (Default is 1. 'ALL' can be used to print all columns)

--hide-column=NUMBER

Hide a specific column

--hide-header

Hide the column headers

--mid-search

DEPRECATED; does nothing

Notification options

--text=TEXT

Set the notification text

--icon=ICON-NAME

Set the icon name

--listen

Listen for commands on stdin

--hint=TEXT

DEPRECATED; does nothing

Progress options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--percentage=PERCENTAGE

Set initial percentage

--pulsate

Pulsate progress bar

--auto-close

Dismiss the dialog when 100% has been reached

--auto-kill

Kill parent process if Cancel button is pressed

--no-cancel

Hide Cancel button

--time-remaining

Estimate when progress will reach 100%

Question options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--icon=ICON-NAME

Set the icon name

--no-wrap

Do not enable text wrapping

--no-markup

Do not enable Pango markup

--default-cancel

Give Cancel button focus by default

--ellipsize

Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts

--switch

Suppress OK and Cancel buttons

Warning options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--icon=ICON-NAME

Set the icon name

--no-wrap

Do not enable text wrapping

--no-markup

Do not enable Pango markup

--ellipsize

Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts

Scale options

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--value=VALUE

Set initial value

--min-value=VALUE

Set minimum value

--max-value=VALUE

Set maximum value

--step=VALUE

Set step size

--print-partial

Print partial values

--hide-value

Hide value

Text information options

--filename=FILENAME

Open file

--editable

Allow changes to text

--font=TEXT

Set the text font

--checkbox=TEXT

Enable an I read and agree checkbox

--auto-scroll

Auto scroll the text to the end. Only when text is captured from stdin

Color selection options

--color=VALUE

Set the color

--show-palette

Show the palette

Password dialog options

--username

Display the username option

Forms dialog options

--add-entry=Field name

Add a new Entry in forms dialog

--add-password=Field name

Add a new Password Entry in forms dialog

--add-calendar=Calendar field name

Add a new Calendar in forms dialog

--add-list=List field and header name

Add a new List in forms dialog

--list-values=List of values separated by |

List of values for List

--column-values=List of values separated by |

List of values for columns

--add-combo=Combo box field name

Add a new combo box in forms dialog

--combo-values=List of values separated by |

List of values for combo box

--show-header

Show the columns header

--text=TEXT

Set the dialog text

--separator=SEPARATOR

Set output separator character

--forms-date-format=PATTERN

Set the format for the returned date

Miscellaneous options

--about

About zenity

--version

Print version

Application Options:¶

--calendar

Display calendar dialog

--entry

Display text entry dialog

--error

Display error dialog

--info

Display info dialog

--file-selection

Display file selection dialog

--list

Display list dialog

--notification

Display notification

--progress

Display progress indication dialog

--question

Display question dialog

--warning

Display warning dialog

--scale

Display scale dialog

--text-info

Display text information dialog

--color-selection

Display color selection dialog

--password

Display password dialog

--forms

Display forms dialog