Editing AppleScript (section)

===User interaction===

AppleScript has several user interface options, including dialogs, alerts, and list of choices. (The character, produced by typing {{keypress|option|return}} in the Script Editor, denotes continuation of a single statement across multiple lines.)

<syntaxhighlight lang="AppleScript">
-- Dialog
set dialogReply to display dialog "Dialog Text"
	default answer "Text Answer"
	hidden answer false
	buttons {"Skip", "Okay", "Cancel"}
	default button "Okay"
	cancel button "Skip"
	with title "Dialog Window Title"
	with icon note
	giving up after 15
</syntaxhighlight>

<syntaxhighlight lang="AppleScript">
-- Choose from list
set chosenListItem to choose from list {"A", "B", "3"}
	with title "List Title"
	with prompt "Prompt Text"
	default items "B"
	OK button name "Looks Good!"
	cancel button name "Nope, try again"
	multiple selections allowed false
	with empty selection allowed
</syntaxhighlight>

<syntaxhighlight lang="AppleScript">
-- Alert
set resultAlertReply to display alert "Alert Text"
	as warning
	buttons {"Skip", "Okay", "Cancel"}
	default button 2
	cancel button 1
	giving up after 2
</syntaxhighlight>

Each user interaction method can return the values of buttons clicked, items chosen or text entered for further processing. For example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="AppleScript">
display alert "Hello, world!" buttons {"Rudely decline", "Happily accept"}
set theAnswer to button returned of the result
if theAnswer is "Happily accept" then
	beep 5
else
	say "Piffle!"
end if
</syntaxhighlight>