Message Panel

Message Panel Screenshot

Message panels display information to the user and wait for acknowledgment. Use them for confirmations, errors, and status messages.

Basic Usage

from ux3270.dialog import show_message

# Simple message
show_message("Operation completed successfully")

# With type
show_message("Record saved", msg_type="success")
show_message("Invalid input", msg_type="error")
show_message("Are you sure?", msg_type="warning")

Message Types

Type	Color	Usage
`info`	Turquoise	General information (default)
`success`	Green	Successful operations
`error`	Red	Error messages
`warning`	Yellow	Warnings

With Title and Panel ID

show_message(
    "The record has been deleted",
    msg_type="success",
    title="DELETE COMPLETE",
    panel_id="MSG01"
)

Using MessagePanel Class

For more control, use the class directly:

from ux3270.dialog import MessagePanel

panel = MessagePanel(
    message="Are you sure you want to delete this record?",
    msg_type="warning",
    title="CONFIRM DELETE"
)
panel.show()

API Reference

`ux3270.dialog.show_message(message, msg_type='info', panel_id='', title='')`

Convenience function to display a message panel.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`message`	`str`	The message to display	required
`msg_type`	`str`	One of "error", "success", "warning", "info"	`'info'`
`panel_id`	`str`	Optional panel identifier	`''`
`title`	`str`	Optional title	`''`

`ux3270.dialog.MessagePanel`

CUA-style message panel for displaying information to the user.

This is an information panel - displays a message and waits for acknowledgment (Enter or F3). No command line per CUA conventions for simple information panels.

The dialog builds a Screen definition and hands control to Screen for all rendering and input handling.

`init(message='', msg_type='info', panel_id='', title='')`

Initialize a message panel.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`message`	`str`	The message to display	`''`
`msg_type`	`str`	One of "error", "success", "warning", "info"	`'info'`
`panel_id`	`str`	Optional panel identifier	`''`
`title`	`str`	Optional title	`''`

`show()`

Display the message and wait for user acknowledgment.