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# `tkinter.messagebox` — Tkinter message prompts

Source code: Lib/tkinter/messagebox.py

The `tkinter.messagebox` module provides a template base class as well as a variety of convenience methods for commonly used configurations. The message boxes are modal and will return a subset of (True, False, OK, None, Yes, No) based on the user’s selection. Common message box styles and layouts include but are not limited to:

class `tkinter.messagebox.``Message`(master=None, **options)

  Create a default information message box.

Information message box

`tkinter.messagebox.``showinfo`(title=None, message=None, **options)

Warning message boxes

`tkinter.messagebox.``showwarning`(title=None, message=None, **options)
`tkinter.messagebox.``showerror`(title=None, message=None, **options)

Question message boxes

`tkinter.messagebox.``askquestion`(title=None, message=None, **options)
`tkinter.messagebox.``askokcancel`(title=None, message=None, **options)
`tkinter.messagebox.``askretrycancel`(title=None, message=None, **options)
`tkinter.messagebox.``askyesno`(title=None, message=None, **options)
`tkinter.messagebox.``askyesnocancel`(title=None, message=None, **options)