Ubuntu – Need an interface for a gui shell script more powerful than zenity

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I want to write shell script file that has a GUI with multiple input boxes for user entry.
I already tried zenity. Any ideas or advice would be appreciated.

Best Answer

Yad may be useful in this regard, it is a fork of zenity with more features, one of them the ability to create forms.

Here is a very simple example of a form:

#!/bin/bash


frmdata=$(yad --title "Test Form" --form --field "Address" --field="Name")


frmaddr=$(echo $frmdata | awk 'BEGIN {FS="|" } { print $1 }')
frmname=$(echo $frmdata | awk 'BEGIN {FS="|" } { print $2 }')

echo $frmaddr > test.txt
echo $frmname >> test.txt

The above script will display a form like this:

Yad Form Example

After you enter your data and click ok or hit enter on the keyboard, the form data will be written to a text file called test.txt, I am using awk to separate the form data which is a string with a pipe as field separator, I believe there is a direct way to get the data without awk but I am no yad expert, please check the project home and ask questions, you may find a more elegant way.

How to get and install yad here:

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/yad-zenity-on-steroids-display.html

yad project home:

http://code.google.com/p/yad/

more examples here:

http://technostripe.com/yad-a-fork-of-zenity-with-more-features/

http://code.google.com/p/yad/wiki/Examples

I am late here but this may still be helpful.

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