The latest articles on DEV Community by Eliott Takvorian (@eliotttak). https://dev.to/eliotttak https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3024817%2F9b33f7ba-7ede-45ab-9d46-81fa94ca093d.png https://dev.to/eliotttak en Eliott Takvorian Tue, 26 May 2026 08:50:39 +0000 https://dev.to/eliotttak/gotk4-newmessagedialog-doesnt-take-the-messageformat-argument-515 https://dev.to/eliotttak/gotk4-newmessagedialog-doesnt-take-the-messageformat-argument-515 <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--header"> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79946669/gotk4-newmessagedialog-doesnt-take-the-message-format-argument" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Gotk4 NewMessageDialog doesn't take the message_format argument </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>May 26 '26</span> <span>Comments: 1</span> <span>Answers: 0</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79946669/gotk4-newmessagedialog-doesnt-take-the-message-format-argument" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 0 </div> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>I use <code>github.com/diamondburned/gotk4/pkg/gtk/v4</code>. I'd like to create a modal dialog, like this:</p> <pre class="lang-golang prettyprint-override"><code>dialog := gtk.NewMessageDialog( &amp;window.Window gtk.DialogModal|gtk.DialogDestroyWithParent, gtk.MessageInfo, gtk.ButtonsOK, "Some info I want to let the user know", ) dialog.SetTitle("Information") dialog.SetVisible(true) </code></pre> <p>Only, <code>NewMessageDialog()</code> is declared like this:</p> <pre class="lang-golang prettyprint-override"><code>func gtk.NewMessageDialog(parent *gtk.Window, flags gtk.DialogFlags, typ gtk.MessageType, buttons gtk.ButtonsType) *gtk.MessageDialog </code></pre> <p>Unkike the…</p> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79946669/gotk4-newmessagedialog-doesnt-take-the-message-format-argument" class="ltag__stackexchange--btn" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Question</a> </div> </div>