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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#dialogs"/>
    <desc>Use the <cmd>--entry</cmd> option.</desc>
  </info>
  <title>Text Entry Dialogue</title>
    <p>
        Use the <cmd>--entry</cmd> option to create a text entry dialog. <app>Zenity</app> returns the contents of the text entry to standard output. 
    </p>	
    <p>The text entry dialogue supports the following options:</p>

    <terms>

      <item>
        <title><cmd>--text</cmd>=<var>text</var></title>
	<p>Specifies the text that is displayed in the text entry dialogue.</p>
      </item>

      <item>
        <title><cmd>--entry-text</cmd>=<var>text</var></title>
	<p>Specifies the text that is displayed in the entry field of the text entry dialogue.</p>
      </item>

      <item>
        <title><cmd>--hide-text</cmd></title>
	<p>Hides the text in the entry field of the text entry dialogue.</p>
      </item>

    </terms>

    <p>
      The following example script shows how to create a text entry dialog:
    </p>

<code>
#!/bin/sh

if zenity --entry \
--title="Add new profile" \
--text="Enter name of new profile:" \
--entry-text "NewProfile"
  then echo $?
  else echo "No name entered"
fi
</code>


    <figure>
      <title>Text Entry Dialogue Example</title>
      <desc><app>Zenity</app> text entry dialog example</desc>
      <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-entry-screenshot.png"/>
    </figure>
</page>
