This is the first proper beta release of swiftDialog 3.0.

Contains all the features and fixes of the previous preview releases as well as the following:

Fixes

• missing --loginwindow flag for root user exec
• --commandfile not being respected in 3.0 beta #568
• many, many changes to the construction kit, aka --builder mode

Additions

• Added searchable option to drop down lists
  • example:

  dialog --selecttitle "Search Me",searchable --selectvalues "Apple,Banana,Cherry,Date,Elderberry,Fig,Grape,Honeydew,Kiwi,Lemon,Mango,Nectarine,Orange,Papaya,Quince,Raspberry,Strawberry,Tangerine,Ugli Fruit,Watermelon"
  

• Added --sound to play a sound on launch. Accepts file or url
  • example dialog --sound /System/Library/Sounds/Glass.aiff
  • if you pass in a very long audio file, add the --showsoundcontrols option.
• Added animated gif support (finally)

🚚 swiftDialog documentation is moving 🚚

You can view a preview of the updated documentation at https://beta.swiftdialog.app/

Inspect Mode

--inspect-mode, which was announced at the MacSysAdmin conference has some more documentation. Available at the new documentation location here https://beta.swiftdialog.app/advanced/inspect-mode/

Builder Mode

--builder mode has been updated with some fixes for broken functionality and updates for some of the new layouts. Documentation here

🪲 Issues, Bugs?

For any bugs, problems or questions with this beta release, please create an issue 🛠️