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A '''dialog''' (also known as dialogue) is a [[Scratch User Interface|user interface]] element that is used to display messages and provide interactivity. Some types of dialogs Scratch uses are help dialogs, file chooser dialogs, and message dialogs.

==Types==

===Variable Creation===
[[File:Variable Dialog.png|thumb|The dialog box when creating a variable.]]
When a [[variable]] is being created, it is done in a dialog. This dialog has a place to type the variable's name, and radio buttons determining the scope; a [[Cloud Data]] checkbox has been included since [[Scratch 2.0]].

===Procedure Creation===
When creating a [[My Blocks|custom block]], a dialog with the name and arguments, as well as buttons to add arguments, is shown.

===File Selection===
File selection dialogs are used when [[Exporting and Importing|importing or exporting]] something. They show files and folders in the current directory, a way to go to the upper directory, a directory tree (by clicking the dropdown with the current one's name), and some common places. In exports, it also contains a place to write the filename.

===Library===
The media library includes sprites, costumes, and sounds. The library dialog contains filters to sort the media. It also has a search bar.

Sprites can be sorted by category, theme, type, or what media it features (scripts, costumes, sounds). If it has multiple costumes, they can be toggled with arrows. Information is shown in a tooltip.

Costumes can be sorted by category, theme, or type, but scenes only by category to theme.

Sounds can be sorted by category. It shows the duration in seconds, and a button to preview the sound.

===Camera===
{{obsolete|cat=no}}
Prior to May 2021, costume could be created through the camera dialog, which allowed a user to take a picture using their webcam. This was removed to avoid encouraging users to put images of themself in their projects which did not meet Scratch's privacy standards.{{cite post|ScratchCat|13/05/21|While this vision and feature do promote creative expression, a feature which was designed to encourage people to share pictures of themselves does not meet our privacy standards. In response to this, we have removed the feature which created a costume or backdrop from the camera.|[[topic:513228]]}}

===Recording===
The sound recording dialog is shown when a user creates a sound by the Record button in the [[Sound Editor]], or by the "record..." option in [[Dropdown Menu]]s for [[Sound Blocks]].

===Quit===
The quit dialog is a feature used in a variety of different programs.{{cn|date=November 2020}} When the window is told to close, if the project is not saved, this dialog appears asking if the user wants to save, quit, or cancel.

==Features==
Some features that nearly all dialogs share are the buttons. A dialog with user input always has at least two {{-}} OK, and cancel. The help dialog, or a message dialog such as one produced by the <sb>show dialog [info] with text [] ::sensing</sb> block in [[Panther (Scratch modification)|Panther]], only has an OK button. The styling of a dialog is usually uniform across a program.

==Images==
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Images of the different types of dialogs presented in this article are shown below.

===Scratch 3.0===

<gallery widths=100 perrow=4>
File:Variable Dialog.png|Creating a Variable
File:Make a Block.png|Creating a My Block
File:Broadcast Dialog.png|Creating a new Broadcast Message
File:Take a Photo.png|The first page for importing a photo
File:Take a Photo 2.png|The second page for importing a photo
File:Sound recorder 3.0.png|Recording a sound
File:Sprite Library 3.0.png|The Sprite Library
File:Costume Library 3.0.png|The Costume Library
File:Sound Library 3.0.png|The Sound Library
File:Background Library.png|The Background Library
</gallery>

===Scratch 2.0===

<gallery widths=100 perrow=4>
File:Private var creation_2.0.png|Creating a variable.
File:Procedure creation dialog expanded.png|Creating a procedure named "jump () px". Note the X above the currently selected part of the title, to delete it.
File:Procedure creation dialog collapsed.png|The simple dialog to create a procedure. Generally only good for one with no arguments, or where the parameters will be added via the edit dialog (not shown here).
File:Camera 2.0.png|The camera dialog, to create a costume from the webcam. This was added in [[1.4]].
File:Version Details Dialog.png|The version details.
File:Library dialog - sprite 2.0.png|The sprite library.
File:Library_dialog - costume 2.0.png|The costume library.
File:Library dialog - background 2.0.png|The background library.
File:Library dialog - sound 2.0.png|The sound library.
</gallery>

===Scratch 1.4===
<gallery widths=100 perrow=4>
File:Help dialog.png|The help dialog for the [[Point in Direction () (block)|Point in Direction ()]] block.
File:File chooser dialog.png|The dialog used to save an image of the scripts. All file selection dialogs look like this, more or less. The only difference with an import is the lack of the new filename input area.
File:Share dialog.png|The share dialog.
File:Paint Editor.png|The Paint Editor, which is also a dialog.
File:Sound recorder dialog.png|The dialog to record a sound.
File:Quit dialog.png|The quit dialog that appears before the window is closed.
File:Camera 1.4.png| The camera dialog.
</gallery>

== References ==
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