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Just started using yad and read smokey01's tutorial which is great. I did not see an example of how to capture the OKCancel button clicks.

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wizard

wizard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:43 pm

Just started using yad and read smokey01's tutorial which is great. I did not see an example of how to capture the OKCancel button clicks.

Thanks
wizard

Hi wizard, after the yad command;
[ $? -ne 0 ] && exit (exit if not equal to 0)
So will exit when clicking Cancel ($? is return value, in case of Cancel it will return value 1, so exit the script)
The OK button will return value 0, so then the script will continue.
EDIT: But if you mean how to capture a variable output from yad, that's another thing and possibly required that you share your code.

Hi fredx181,

continuing on with what wizard said, there is another way to interact with buttons. You can run actions, such as call a function, when a button is clicked. However, wizard's methods of interaction are more commonly used.

As an FYI, I have made new YAD documentation in Notecase format. It is at https://github.com/w00fpack/YAD_Guides.

@fredx181

When I run this in a script and click OK I get no echo message in the terminal. Something wrong?

yad [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit
echo OK was clicked

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Wizard

wizard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:35 am

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yad [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit
echo OK was clicked

Usually OK returns 0 and Cancel returns 1. Not sure why it reverses with your example. maybe yad and the [ ] sections are being evaluated instead of just [ ].

For your example, the code can be shortened to

yad && exit
echo OK was clicked

This alternate example might be helpful if your buttons have different return codes

yad
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  exit
else
  echo OK was clicked
fi

wizard wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:35 am

When I run this in a script and click OK I get no echo message in the terminal. Something wrong?

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yad [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit
echo OK was clicked

You need a ; after yad:

yad ; [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit

snoring_cat wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:41 am

For your example, the code can be shortened to

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yad && exit
echo OK was clicked

Should be rather

yad || exit
echo OK was clicked

@MochiMoppel

syntax, syntax, syntax, rules, rules, rules

drives me crazy, LOL

Merry Christmas

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wizard