YAD - Tips

[slavvo67]

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yad --form --field="test1:FBTN" "yad --text='test1'" \
--field="test2:FBTN" "yad --text='test2'" \
--field="test3:FBTN" "yad --text='test3'"

Strangely, the above code just gives me the first box. Maybe it's my version of YAD? I'm using 37, which is I guess a bit dated now.....

Anyone?

[LazY Puppy]

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[slavvo67]

Works in terminal but not as a script written via Geany and saved as an executable file. Anyone? Very strange to me...

More strange, it works now but this way:

yad --form --field="test1:FBTN" "yad --text='test1'" --field="test2:FBTN" "yad --text='test2'" --field="test3:FBTN" "yad --text='test3'"

Why does yad have to be typed over and over? I don't get it...

For some strange reason, when it's all one line; it works. When lines are separated with the \ and continued on the next line.... she doesn't work for me....

[Geoffrey]

Works in terminal but not as a script written via Geany and saved as an executable file. Anyone? Very strange to me...

More strange, it works now but this way:

yad --form --field="test1:FBTN" "yad --text='test1'" --field="test2:FBTN" "yad --text='test2'" --field="test3:FBTN" "yad --text='test3'"

Why does yad have to be typed over and over? I don't get it...

For some strange reason, when it's all one line; it works. When lines are separated with the \ and continued on the next line.... she doesn't work for me....

yad --text='test1' is the sample function of yad --form --field="test1:FBTN", it displays a yad window with the text "test1" for the buttons field that's all, it can be any function you like

LazY Puppy try a more recent yad version.

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#! /bin/bash
yad --form --field="test1:FBTN" "yad --text='test1'" \
--field="test2:FBTN" "yad --text='test2'" \
--field="test3:FBTN" "yad --text='test3'"

This in a bash script works for me

[gyro]

From my memory of reading the changelog, the FBTN feature was introduced at version 0.26.0

Yad tip: To use the FBTN feature, use yad >= 0.26.0

Real example:
The main screen of "dircrypt", http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109598.

gyro

[slavvo67]

I'm running 37.0 but sometimes Victor breaks a version when implementing new things.... Maybe I'll upgrade again ....


Thanks

[slavvo67]

Is there any way to pass the drag and drop to the next part of the script without requiring the ok box to be clicked? The no buttons option does not advance unless you close the actual window....

Thank you

[MochiMoppel]

Is there any way to pass the drag and drop to the next part of the script without requiring the ok box to be clicked?

Which "ok box"? You should place the "next part" before the yad statement as a function:

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function myfunction {
	Xdialog --msgbox "You dropped\n$0" x
}
export -f myfunction

yad --width=200 --height=200 --dnd --command="bash -c 'myfunction'"

[stemsee]

solved!

[step]

Hi all, the conversation that we started, near page 16, about a drag-and-drop script has grown into yet-another script here --> screenshot.

[misko_2083]

I have this folder /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox
in that folder, there is a script switch.sh and a deskop file

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#!/bin/bash
#switch.sh

PARAM="$@"
case $PARAM in
   test)
      if [[ -f "/home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icon-on.desktop" ]]; then
         sed -i 's/gtk\-yes/gtk\-no/g' /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icon-on.desktop
         mv /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icons-on.desktop /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icon-off.desktop
         #more commands here
       else
         sed -i 's/gtk\-no/gtk\-yes/g' /home/misko/Desktop/yad_iconbox/audacious-off.desktop
         mv /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icon-off.desktop /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icon-on.desktop
          #commands...
       fi
       ;;
   *) exit
   ;;     
esac

icon-off.desktop

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[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Icon
GenericName=Icon
Comment=Test
Icon=gtk-no
Categories=GTK;
Exec=/home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/switch.sh test
TryExec=/home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/switch.sh test
Terminal=false

I launch the Iconbox with next

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#!/bin/bash
yad --icons --single-click --monitor --height=300 \
    --width=500 --read-dir="/home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox"

If I click on this icon, it will change.

I would like to know is there a way to do this using the stdin, since --icons dialog can read from stdin.
--listen
Read data from stdin. Data must be in order - Name, Tooltip,
Icon, Command, InTerm separated by newline. InTerm is a case
insensitive boolean constant (TRUE or FALSE).
Is there a way to force the dialog to reset the icons with something being sent to the pipe?
Example:

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(echo -e "Name\nTooltip\ngtk-ok\necho \"\"\nFALSE"; sleep 1; echo "Reset the icons") | yad --icons --single-click --listen --monitor --height=300 --width=500

[MochiMoppel]

If I click on this icon, it will change.

Really? First I needed to fix the switch.sh script:
- Change one instance of icons-on.desktop to icon-on.desktop and
- /home/misko/Desktop/yad_iconbox/audacious-off.desktop to /home/user/Desktop/yad_iconbox/icon-off.desktop

Is there a way to force the dialog to reset the icons with something being sent to the pipe?

I don't think that this is possible. AFAIK you can only add icons this way but not change existing ones:

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#!/bin/bash
export PIPE_03=/tmp/yadpipe03 
mkfifo $PIPE_03 
exec 3<> $PIPE_03 

yad --icons --single-click --height=300 --width=500 --listen < $PIPE_03 &
echo -e "Name\nTooltip\ngtk-ok\nbeep\nFALSE" > $PIPE_03
sleep 1
echo -e "Yes\nTooltip\ngtk-yes\nbeep\nFALSE" > $PIPE_03
sleep 1
echo -e "No\nTooltip\ngtk-no\nbeep\nFALSE"   > $PIPE_03

I found no way to clear the icons box. Your original method, using --monitor and --read-dir, seems to be a .better approach.

[misko_2083]

Thank you for the reply MochiMoppel
Sorry about the errors.
I've seen the Yad source and there is only one way as you say.

[achim]

Hi,
6 months ago I switched to Ubuntu 4.16 and have now a lot of fun to yad. Now, however, I have a problem for days. I want you to read and display the result from the "Birthday" on yad. Since the result of more than one word, I get with the attached code, the result only with each displayed (word for word). Can somebody help me with it?

#! / bin / bash

yad --title = 'special events' \
--text = 'birthday' \
--text-align = center --geometry = 950x400 \
--list \
--scroll \
--column = " event "\
--buttons-layout = "center" \
--button =" <b> <span color = 'blue'> Close </ span> </ b> "\
--image-on-top \
- image = / home / hachims / .icons / drive-3-cb-system-dos-icon.png \
$ (birthday -f /home/hachims/Dokumente/b2.txt)

PS. I loaded a professional script with yad to download from youtube down from the net. Can I publish this?

Sorry, I just see that is the wrong forum. Please by YAD tips move. Thank you!

[MochiMoppel]

Since the result of more than one word, I get with the attached code, the result only with each displayed (word for word)

You are not supposed you get any result at all with this code. Lots of spaces where there shouldn't be any, starting with the shebang '#! / bin / bash', followed by spaces around = and lastly by the space after $ in '$ (birthday -f /home/hachims/Dokumente/b2.txt)'

If this is fixed you need to send the result of your birthday command to yad, presumably with something like
<<< "$(birthday -f /home/hachims/Dokumente/b2.txt)". Mind the double quotation marks around your statement.

If this doesn't help we need to know the output of the birthday -f /home/hachims/Dokumente/b2.txt command.

[achim]

Hi MochiMoppel

thank you for your help, with your suggestion does the YAD script now properly. Still my question remains whether interest in a very functional YAD script "Youtube downloader" is. It is not written by me, but recently downloaded from the Internet. I ask for a short answer.

[achim]

Hello,
I use the following script under Ubuntu as an alternative to the command known under Windows "Run". It works so far, but there is no message if the string is not found. This situation should be caught with a "not found" message and restart the script. Does somebody has any idea?

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#! /bin/bash

XTERM="xterm"

# create history file 
mkdir -p ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/ 
HISTFILE=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/ix-run.history 
touch $HISTFILE

# create and run dialog 
TITLE="Befehl ausführen" 
TEXT="\nBefehl eingeben und Enter drücken:\n" 
rcmd=$(yad --width=500 --center --window-icon="gtk-execute" --name="${0##/}" --title="$TITLE" --text="$TEXT" --image="gtk-execute" --editable --entry --rest $HISTFILE)

echo "tooltip:Beispielmenü" 

[-z "$rcmd" ] && exit 0

# run command 
case $rcmd in
    http://*|https://*|ftp://*)
        xdg-open $rcmd & 
        ;;
    mailto://*)
        xdg-email $rcmd & 
        ;;
    man://*)
        eval $XTERM -e "man ${rcmd#man://}" & 
        ;;
    telnet*|ssh*)
        eval $XTERM -e "$rcmd" & 
        ;;
    *)
        eval $rcmd & 
        ;;
esac

# add command to history 
head $HISTFILE | grep -qF "$rcmd" || echo -e "$rcmd\n$(<$HISTFILE)" > $HISTFILE

exit 0

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Thanks in advance

[Geoffrey]

Hello,
I use the following script under Ubuntu as an alternative to the command known under Windows "Run". It works so far, but there is no message if the string is not found. This situation should be caught with a "not found" message and restart the script. Does somebody has any idea?

Some time back I used this script also, I modified it to give a error message if the command didn't exist and the option to clear the history, this uses exo-open not xdg-open hope this is of help.

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#! /bin/bash
HISTFILE=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/ix-run.history
# delete history file
Clear_History(){
	rm $HISTFILE
	yad --fixed --title="History" --window-icon="applications-system" --text="\n        History Cleared        \n" --timeout="2" --no-buttons
	`basename "$0"`
}
export -f  Clear_History
XTERM="xterm"
# create history file
if [ ! -f $HISTFILE ]; then
mkdir -p ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/
echo 'Clear_History' > $HISTFILE
fi
# create and run dialog
TITLE="Run command"
TEXT="\nEnter command to execute:\n"
CMD='yad --fixed --width=400 --center --window-icon="applications-system" --buttons-layout=center --title="$TITLE" --text="$TEXT" --button="gtk-ok:0" --image="applications-system" --entry --editable'
ARGS=$(perl -pe 's/(^.*$)/"\1"/;s/\n/ /' $HISTFILE)
rcmd=$(eval $CMD $ARGS)

# run command
case $rcmd in
    www.*|http://*|https://*|ftp://*|mailto:*)
        exo-open $rcmd &
        ;;
    man://*)
        eval $XTERM -e "man ${rcmd#man://}" &
        ;;
    telnet*|ssh*)
        eval $XTERM -e "$rcmd" &
        ;;
    *)
        eval $rcmd 2> /tmp/run-command-error &
        ;;
esac
sleep .1
if grep -c 'command not found' /tmp/run-command-error; then
yad --fixed --title="Error" --window-icon="applications-system" --text="\n Command not found \n" --timeout="2" --no-buttons 
sed 's/ $CMD// $HISTFILE'
rm /tmp/run-command-error
`basename "$0"`
else
# add command to history
grep -qF "$rcmd" $HISTFILE || echo $rcmd >> $HISTFILE
fi
exit 0

Edit: removed error in code.

[achim]

Hi Geoffrey,
Thank you for your help. However, your modified variant does not report any errors, but terminates the script without comment. Basically, it runs with me just as the original. I use the YAD version 0.38.2 (GTK + 3.20.. If you have something else to think about, then please contact me.

[Geoffrey]

@achim, you are using your run script in puppy?

I'm unaware of any Puppy flavor that uses yad compiled with GTK + 3.20.

I've modified your script, works for me ok

The code outputs the error to file, then grep checks for the 'command not found', if true then displays the message.

`basename "$0"` runs a new instance of your script, provided that it's in the PATH.

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#! /bin/bash

XTERM="xterm"

# create history file
mkdir -p ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/
HISTFILE=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/ix-run.history
touch $HISTFILE

# create and run dialog
TITLE="Befehl ausführen"
TEXT="\nBefehl eingeben und Enter drücken:\n"
rcmd=$(yad --width=500 --center --window-icon="gtk-execute" --name="${0##/}" --title="$TITLE" --text="$TEXT" --image="gtk-execute" --editable --entry --rest $HISTFILE)

echo "tooltip:Beispielmenü"

# run command
case $rcmd in
    http://*|https://*|ftp://*)
        xdg-open $rcmd &
        ;;
    mailto://*)
        xdg-email $rcmd &
        ;;
    man://*)
        eval $XTERM -e "man ${rcmd#man://}" &
        ;;
    telnet*|ssh*)
        eval $XTERM -e "$rcmd" &
        ;; *)
        eval $rcmd 2> /tmp/run-command-error &
        ;;
esac
sleep .1
if grep -c 'command not found' /tmp/run-command-error; then
yad --fixed --title="Error" --window-icon="applications-system" --text="\n Command $rcmd not found \n" --timeout="3" --no-buttons
rm /tmp/run-command-error
`basename "$0"`
else
# add command to history
head $HISTFILE | grep -qF "$rcmd" || echo -e "$rcmd\n$(<$HISTFILE)" > $HISTFILE
fi
exit 0