swiftDialog

swiftDialog’s purpose is intended as a helper utility for macadmins to use via script to display a dialog to present information to a user and report the action the user took which can be later used for more script processing or simply used to display some piece of information.

swiftDialog accepts input from the command line with one or more command line options to tell swiftDialog what to display and how to display it.

There are a number of options available that can be used to customise what you want to show that can range from the very simplistic informational display to more complex processing with text entry, dropdown list, image display and more.

We hope you find this utility useful. Please file any issues or feature requests via Github

Features

Every aspect of swiftDialog's appearance can be modified.

At the most simple level you need only give swiftDialog a Title and a Message to display but there is more utility in modifying other aspects of the appearance:

• Pass in an image resource to display as the swiftDialog icon, or use an app path or system preference bundle path and swiftDialog will extract the icon for display.
• Add extra buttons. Change the text to say what you want. Wait for user input or automatically time out.
• Use markdown in the message to add bold or italics or include URL links
• Change the colour, size or even the font used in the Title and Message areas
• Change the size of the swiftDialog window
• Display Videos or Images either locally or pass in a URL
• Support for jamfHelper commands
• Text entry, dropdown lists and checkboxes for gathering user input.
• Displayed content is dynamically updatable

and lots more...

swiftDialog's interface is fully customised from a set of comprehensive command line options. For details on all the available options, please read the Command Line Options page on the wiki. 

Installer .pkg is signed and notarised. Dialog app bundle is signed with deployment certificate so no re-packaging required.

For full details on what features are available, please visit the releases page and wiki on github