@kvaser/canking-api/doc_md/ipc/functions/showQuestionBox.md

CanKing API to communicate with the CanKing service using Node.js.

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[Kvaser CanKing GUI Extensions SDK](../../modules.md) / [ipc](../README.md) / showQuestionBox

# Function: showQuestionBox()

> **showQuestionBox**(`message`, `title`, `buttons?`, `defaultId?`, `cancelId?`): `Promise`\<`number`\>

Displays a question box for the user.

## Parameters

### message

`string`

The message/question to display.

### title

`string`

The dialog title.

### buttons?

`string`[]

Captions of the buttons that should be present, defaults to ['Yes', 'No'].

### defaultId?

`number`

Index of the button in the buttons array which will be selected by default when the message box opens.

### cancelId?

`number`

The index of the button to be used to cancel the dialog, via the `Esc` key. By default this is assigned
                  to the first button with "cancel" or "no" as the label. If no such labeled buttons exist and this option
                  is not set, `0` will be used as the return value.

## Returns

`Promise`\<`number`\>

The index of the button that was clicked.