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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic"
+ id="list">
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#dialogs"/>
+ <desc>Use the <cmd>--list</cmd> option.</desc>
+ </info>
+ <title>List Dialog</title>
+ <p>
+ Use the <cmd>--list</cmd> option to create a list dialog. <app>Zenity</app> returns the entries in the first column of text of selected rows to standard output.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Data for the dialog must specified column by column, row by row. Data can be provided to the dialog through standard input. Each entry must be separated by a newline character.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ If you use the <cmd>--checklist</cmd> or <cmd>--radiolist</cmd> options, each row must start with either 'TRUE' or 'FALSE'.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The list dialog supports the following options:
+ </p>
+
+ <terms>
+
+ <item>
+ <title><cmd>--column</cmd>=<var>column</var></title>
+ <p>Specifies the column headers that are displayed in the list dialog. You must specify a <cmd>--column</cmd> option for each column that you want to display in the dialog.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <title><cmd>--checklist</cmd></title>
+ <p>Specifies that the first column in the list dialog contains check boxes.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <title><cmd>--radiolist</cmd></title>
+ <p>Specifies that the first column in the list dialog contains radio boxes.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <title><cmd>--editable</cmd></title>
+ <p>Allows the displayed items to be edited.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <title><cmd>--separator</cmd>=<var>separator</var></title>
+ <p>Specifies what string is used when the list dialog returns the selected entries.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <title><cmd>--print-column</cmd>=<var>column</var></title>
+ <p>Specifies what column should be printed out upon selection. The default column is
+ '1'. 'ALL' can be used to print out all columns in the list.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ </terms>
+
+ <p>
+ The following example script shows how to create a list dialog:
+ </p>
+<code>
+#!/bin/sh
+
+zenity --list \
+ --title="Choose the Bugs You Wish to View" \
+ --column="Bug Number" --column="Severity" --column="Description" \
+ 992383 Normal "GtkTreeView crashes on multiple selections" \
+ 293823 High "GNOME Dictionary does not handle proxy" \
+ 393823 Critical "Menu editing does not work in GNOME 2.0"
+</code>
+
+
+ <figure id="zenity-list-screenshot">
+ <title>List Dialog Example</title>
+ <desc><app>Zenity</app> list dialog example</desc>
+ <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-list-screenshot.png"/>
+ </figure>
+</page>