I am using System.Windows.Forms
but strangely enough don't have the ability to create them.
How can I get something like a javascript prompt dialog, without javascript?
MessageBox is nice, but there is no way for the user to enter an input.
I want the user to enter any text input possible.
You need to create your own Prompt dialog. You could perhaps create a class for this.
public static class Prompt
{
public static string ShowDialog(string text, string caption)
{
Form prompt = new Form()
{
Width = 500,
Height = 150,
FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog,
Text = caption,
StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
};
Label textLabel = new Label() { Left = 50, Top=20, Text=text };
TextBox textBox = new TextBox() { Left = 50, Top=50, Width=400 };
Button confirmation = new Button() { Text = "Ok", Left=350, Width=100, Top=70, DialogResult = DialogResult.OK };
confirmation.Click += (sender, e) => { prompt.Close(); };
prompt.Controls.Add(textBox);
prompt.Controls.Add(confirmation);
prompt.Controls.Add(textLabel);
prompt.AcceptButton = confirmation;
return prompt.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK ? textBox.Text : "";
}
}
And calling it:
string promptValue = Prompt.ShowDialog("Test", "123");
Update:
Added default button (enter key) and initial focus based on comments and another question.