Dialogs

The (input) function asks the user for some input. The simplest case just gets a string:

(input "Bang the keyboard like a monkey")

... but there are many options including choosing from a set of Clojure objects:

(input "Pick a city"
    :choices [{ :name "New York"   :population 8000000 }
              { :name "Ann Arbor"  :population 100000 }
              { :name "Twin Peaks" :population 5201 }]
    :to-string :name)

Please see the doc for (seesaw.core/input) for all the options.

To tell the user something, use (seesaw.core/alert):

(alert "Something terrible has happened")

Please see the doc for (seesaw.core/alert) for all the options.

Note that both functions take an optional first argument, passed through (to-widget) which is used as the parent component for the dialog. This ensures that the dialog is positioned correctly.

There's also a more general function for modal or non-modal dialogs, (seesaw.core/dialog). There are also various choosers in seesaw.chooser.