| Class | HIGAlertDialog | Undocumented | 
| Class | BaseDialog | Undocumented | 
| Function | messagedialog | Create and show a MessageDialog. | 
| Function | _simple | Undocumented | 
| Function | error | Undocumented | 
| Function | info | Undocumented | 
| Function | warning | Undocumented | 
| Function | yesno | Undocumented | 
| Function | open | Displays an open dialog. | 
| Function | selectfolder | Displays a select folder dialog. | 
| Function | ask_overwrite | Undocumented | 
| Function | save | Displays a save dialog. | 
| Function | password | Shows a password dialog and returns the password entered in the dialog | 
| Function | _test | Undocumented | 
| Parameters | dialog_type | one of constants 
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| short | A header text to be inserted in the dialog. | |
| long | A long description of message. | |
| parent | The parent widget of this dialog (type: a gtk.Window subclass ) | |
| buttons | The button type that the dialog will be display, one of the 
constants: 
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| default | optional default response id | 
| Parameters | title | the title of the folder, defaults to 'Select folder' | 
| parent | parent gtk.Window or None | |
| patterns | a list of pattern strings ['*.py', '*.pl'] or None | |
| folder | initial folder or None | |
| filter | a filter to use or None, is incompatible with patterns | 
| Parameters | title | the title of the folder, defaults to 'Select folder' | 
| parent | parent gtk.Window or None | |
| folder | initial folder or None |