YAD - Tips

[slavvo67]

Did that work at all? I use code like this:

charlis=$(yad --center --title='Website Search' --form --columns=2 --form --field='Google Search' --form --field='Gigablast Search' --form --field='Bing Search' --form --field='Tumbler Search' 'Football' 'Horse Racing' 'Camping' 'Investing' )

Note: The columns=2 only works with newer versions of YAD.

[Argolance]

Bonjour,
Latest releases of YAD let the font selector return an output of this form:
name|style|size

# yad --help-font
Usage:
yad [OPTION...] - Yet another dialoging program

Font selection options
--font Display font selection dialog
--font-selection Alias for --font
--preview=TEXT Set text string for preview
--separate-output Separate output of font description

Example:

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yad --font --separate-output
Sans|Bold Italic|10

But, in some cases:

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# yad --font --separate-output
Brush Script MT|Italique|10

Italique instead of Italic for French speaking users. The problem is that when running this command:

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yad --font --separate-output --fontname="Brush Script MT Italique 10"

the selector does not recognize the input font and displays the default "Sans" font instead of the expected "Brush Script MT".
As a test and workaround I tried to run YAD this way:

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# LC_MESSAGES=C yad --window-icon gtk-select-font --font --separate-output
Brush Script MT|Italique|10
# LC_CTYPE=C yad --window-icon gtk-select-font --font --separate-output
 Brush Script MT|kursiv|10

kursiv...

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LANG=en_US.UTF-8 yad --window-icon gtk-select-font --font --separate-output

This time I get the real English name of the font and obviously

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LANG=en_US.UTF-8 yad --window-icon gtk-select-font --font --separate-output="Brush Script MT Italic 10"

works...
Now, my question is what could be the effects of this variable LANG on the rest of my script if I only use it running my font function? Is it something to avoid?
Thank you.

Cordialement.

[L18L]

...the selector does not recognize the input font and displays the default "Sans" font instead of the expected "Brush Script MT".

You should post this to Yad's bug tracker.

kursiv...

Don't be shocked. It is German language.

Now, my question is what could be the effects of this variable LANG on the rest of my script if I only use it running my font function? Is it something to avoid?

No. Effect is in that single line only.
I think LANG=C better than LANG=en_US.UTF-8 because it is defined in every system.

Cordialement

[Argolance]

Bonjour,
Thanks.

You should post this to Yad's bug tracker.

I reported this "issue" to Victor Ananjevsky who replied:

so bug (if this is a bug) must be digged somewhere under yad

...

Don't be shocked. It is German language.

Not "shocked" strictly speaking but just surprised! (I thought it was russian!)

No. Effect is in that single line only.

Good thing to know.

I think LANG=C better than LANG=en_US.UTF-8 because it is defined in every system.

This unfortunately (as well as LC_MESSAGES=C or LC_CTYPE=C, as reported above) doesn't work.
Only

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LANG=en_US.UTF-8

works properly.
It only concerns some fonts and it is not very important, though (from my layman's point of view), I find it rather strange that it seems to be so complicated to get the same style result as got without the option "--separate-output".

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# yad --font
Brush Script MT Italic 10

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# yad --font --separate-output
Brush Script MT|Italique|10

Cordialement.

[stemsee]

So to hide password text without using --hide-text is to use :H

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yad --title "Eduroam University WiFi Connection Tool:" \ 
--form --field="Your University id:" -text "abc123" -entry \ 
--field=Password:H -text "aBcD3210" -entry --field="Interface:" -text "wlan0" -entry

[stemsee]

I am working on a yad gui for a simpler wifi connection tool

[stemsee]

Here's an example of using tabs. The yad key gives permission to use shared memory.

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#!/bin/sh

yad --plug=123456 --tabnum=1 --text="first tab with text" &> res1 &
yad --plug=123456 --tabnum=2 --text="second tab" --entry &> res2 &
yad --plug=123456 --tabnum=3 --text="second tab" --entry &> res3 &
yad --plug=123456 --tabnum=4 --text="second tab" --entry &> res4 &

yad --notebook --key=123456 --tab="Tab 1" --tab="Tab 2" --tab="Tab 3" --tab="Tab 4

[stemsee]

adding combobox and entry to tabs and image!

[stemsee]

yad notification

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# run yad and tell it to read its stdin from the file descriptor
yad --notification --kill-parent --listen --image=/usr/share/pixmaps/wifi.png --text="$netsel `ifconfig | grep "inet addr" | tail -1`" --command="yaf-splash -text '`ifconfig $int`'" <&3 &

Make fifo pipe first

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PIPE=$(mktemp -u )
mkfifo -m MODE $PIPE

# attach a filedescriptor to this pipe
exec 3<> $PIPE

Menu is '|' separated items. text '!' command.

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# (d) write stuff to the file descriptor

scanres=`iwlist $int scan | grep 'ESSID' | rev | cut -f1 -d ':' | rev | tr '\n' '|'`

MENU="$scanres! wifi-connectn|Disconnect! ifconfig '$int' down|Reconnect! ifconfig '$int' up|Ethernet 1! ifconfig eth0 up|Ethernet 1 disconnect! ifconfig eth0 down"

echo "menu:$MENU" >&3

[stemsee]

But how to show icons/images in the yad -notification MENU?

[Bert]

But how to show icons/images in the yad -notification MENU?

Hi stemsee,

Here's how I did it for pWget's tray icon:

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yad --notification --image="$WORKDIR/header.png" --command="$WORKDIR/pWget" --text=" pWget $(gettext 'download manager') "  --menu="$(gettext 'About')!$WORKDIR/about-pwget!$WORKDIR/star.png|$(gettext 'Forum')!xdg-open http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90541!$WORKDIR/group.png|$(gettext 'webpage')!xdg-open http://bert2.be/pWget-0.9.4.html!$WORKDIR/house.png|wget-$(gettext 'help')!urxvt --geometry 80x20+2+0 -hold -e wget -h!$WORKDIR/help.png|wget manual!xdg-open http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html!$WORKDIR/book_open.png"  

[stemsee]

@Bert.

So you there can be several '!' separated items. Now I know.

Thanks

[stemsee]

@Bert

I can only get a jad.png to display. Is there a size for the icon? Where is your Workdir?

[Bert]

@Bert

I can only get a jad.png to display. Is there a size for the icon? Where is your Workdir?

Stemsee, yes, I should have given some more explanation.
It's simple: My "WORKDIR" here is part of my little pWget script. So, those icons are not available to you.
Just choose your own icons and enter their path.
The yad.png you see is just because your system cannot find my examples.
The icons in my menu are typically around 500 to 600 bytes (and roughly 4KB on disk).
I tried to minimize the "weight" of the icons, but I don't think bigger icons would pose a problem.
If you need more details, please ask.

[Bert]

Stemsee, I think I now better understand your question. Just checked with a 48x48 icon. It works. But for a menu a 12x12 (or maybe 24x24) is better, depending on the length of the menu. The top icon is the 48x48: (see what happens..?)

[stemsee]

here is the format I am using, but nothing I have tried shows any other icon than standard yad green bottle! And when it does show it disables the following command!!

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yad --notification --kill-parent --listen \
    --image=/usr/share/pixmaps/wifi.png --text="`iwconfig $int`"\
    --command="yad --undecorated --center --no-buttons --image /usr/share/pixmaps/wifi.png --text '$mytext31'" <&3 &
pid=$!

pics=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/wifi.png
scanres2=`iwlist $int scan | grep 'ESSID' | rev | cut -f1 -d ':' | rev | tr '\n' '|'`
scanres=`iwconfig $int | tr '\n' '|'`
MENU="$scanres2 $mytext4! wifi-connect2|$mytext30! defaultbrowser|$mytext10! ifconfig '$int' down|$mytext11! ifconfig '$int' up|Wlan1! ifconfig wlan1 up| wlan1 $mytext10! ifconfig wlan1 down|Ethernet 1! ifconfig eth0 up|Ethernet 1 $mytext10! ifconfig eth0 down|Ethernet 2! ifconfig eth1 up|Ethernet 2 $mytext10! ifconfig eth1 down|$mytext12! ifconfig usb0 up|$mytext13! ifconfig usb0 down|$mytext19! hotspot|$mytext9! kill $pid"
echo "menu:$MENU" >&3 &

Which version of yad do you use Bert?

[Bert]

Hi stemsee,

I'm using yad-version 0.35.0

For the menu thingie,Yad has a strict logic:

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|text!command!image|

You cannot deviate from that.

Just try it at your leisure with a very simple example.
Also, you have a space after every "!". Not sure if that is possible.

Good luck and keep us posted,
Bert

[stemsee]

image last no spaces = working!
Thanks again Bert

Stemsee

[smokey01]

I have what should be an easy problem to solve but I've had no luck so far.

I want to be able to set the spin box with a min of 0.0 and the max of 1.0 with steps of 0.1 or maybe even 0.001.

Does anyone know how to do this with the code below?

#!/bin/sh
yad --form \
--field="Number:NUM" \
"5" | while read line; do
NUMBER=`echo $line | awk -F',' '{print $1}'`
echo $NUMBER
done

TIA

[rg66]

I have what should be an easy problem to solve but I've had no luck so far.

I want to be able to set the spin box with a min of 0.0 and the max of 1.0 with steps of 0.1 or maybe even 0.001.

Does anyone know how to do this with the code below?

#!/bin/sh
yad --form \
--field="Number:NUM" \
"5" | while read line; do
NUMBER=`echo $line | awk -F',' '{print $1}'`
echo $NUMBER
done

TIA

From script:

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yad --form --field="Number:NUM" 0!0..1!0.1!1

yad --form --field="Number:NUM" 0!0..1!0.01!2

yad --form --field="Number:NUM" 0!0..1!0.001!3

yad --form --field="Number:NUM" 0!0..1!0.05!2 (increments of 0.05)

From cli:

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yad --form --field="Number:NUM" 0\!0..1\!0.1\!1

etc.....

For some reason it outputs all in 3 decimal points.