noun

• A small area on a screen in which the user is prompted to provide information or select commands.

  ‘Any users who get the unexpected prompt may dismiss the dialogue box and continue working.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘This tip was written in Visual LISP and includes a dialog box to select the symbols you want to use.’
  • ‘The print dialog box provides several additional options including image scaling, pagination, paper orientation and print color.’
  • ‘He said that every time he tried to type in the information in the config dialog box nothing would show up.’
  • ‘The code displays a dialog box that lets the user choose which edits to accept or reject.’