Woo yeah it's another API change to MsgBox()! This splits parent out and makes it a receiver of MsgBox() and MsgBoxError() for the case when you want to show modal to a specific window only. These will eventually return channels, but first I'll need to igure out how to get this working...

dialog.go

@@ -6,34 +6,46 @@ import (
 	// ...
 )
 
+// sentinel (presently nil; may be a private instance if subtle bugs start showing up in user code)
+var dialogWindow *Window
+
 // MsgBox displays an informational message box to the user with just an OK button.
 // primaryText should be a short string describing the message, and will be displayed with additional emphasis on platforms that support it.
 // Optionally, secondaryText can be used to show additional information.
 // If you pass an empty string for secondaryText, neither additional information nor space for additional information will be shown.
 // On platforms that allow for the message box window to have a title, os.Args[0] is used.
 // 
-// If parent is nil, the message box is modal to the entire application: the user cannot interact with any other window until this one is dismissed.
+// The message box is modal to the entire application: the user cannot interact with any other window until this one is dismissed.
 // Whether or not resizing Windows will still be allowed is implementation-defined; if the implementation does allow it, resizes will still work properly.
 // Whether or not the message box stays above all other W+indows in the program is also implementation-defined.
-// 
+func MsgBox(primaryText string, secondaryText string) {
-// If parent is not nil, the message box is modal to that Window only.
+	dialogWindow.msgBox(parent, primaryText, secondaryText)
-// Attempts to interact with parent will be blocked, but all other Windows in the application can still be used properly.
+}
-// The message box will also stay above parent.
+
-// As with parent == nil, resizing is implementation-defined, but will work properly if allowed.
+// MsgBox behaves like the package-scope MsgBox function, except the message box is modal to w only.
-// If parent has not yet been created, MsgBox() panics.
+// Attempts to interact with w will be blocked, but all other Windows in the application can still be used properly.
-// If parent has not been shown yet or is currently hidden, what MsgBox() does is implementation-defined.
+// The message box will also stay above w.
-func MsgBox(parent *Window, primaryText string, secondaryText string) {
+// Whether w can be resized while the message box is displayed is implementation-defined, but will work properly if allowed.
-	if parent != nil && !parent.created {
+// If w has not yet been created, MsgBox() panics.
-		panic("parent window passed to MsgBox() before it was created")
+// If w has not been shown yet or is currently hidden, what MsgBox does is implementation-defined.
+func (w *Window) MsgBox(primaryText string, secondaryText string) {
+	if !w.created {
+		panic("parent window passed to Window.MsgBox() before it was created")
 	}
-	msgBox(parent, primaryText, secondaryText)
+	w.msgBox(primaryText, secondaryText)
 }
 
 // MsgBoxError displays a message box to the user with just an OK button and an icon indicating an error.
 // Otherwise, it behaves like MsgBox.
-func MsgBoxError(parent *Window, primaryText string, secondaryText string) {
+func MsgBoxError(primaryText string, secondaryText string) {
-	if parent != nil && !parent.created {
+	dialogWindow.msgBoxError(parent, primaryText, secondaryText)
+}
+
+// MsgBoxError displays a message box to the user with just an OK button and an icon indicating an error.
+// Otherwise, it behaves like Window.MsgBox.
+func (w *Window) MsgBoxError(primaryText string, secondaryText string) {
+	if !w.created {
 		panic("parent window passed to MsgBoxError() before it was created")
 	}
-	msgBoxError(parent, primaryText, secondaryText)
+	w.msgBoxError(primaryText, secondaryText)
 }