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The dialog description language is a simple XML like language capable to denote any complex dialog box containing widgets and boxes.
Widgets are simple GUI elements such as buttons, entry fields, lists, etc. Widget can have attributes, states and actions (see Actions).
The widgets are grouped together with containers (see Containers), horizontal and vertical boxes or frames. Every widget should placed in one of the containers, no widgets can be alone for it is dangerous outside.
• Static label: | Labels containing static text | |
• Pushbutton: | Pushbutton widgets | |
• Pre-defined pushbuttons: | Pushbuttons with pixmap and text label | |
• Entry: | One line text entry widgets | |
• Checkbox: | Checkbox widgets | |
• Pixmap: | Static pixmap widgets | |
• Menus: | Making menubars, menus and menuitems | |
• Trees: | Complex widget for trees |