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title: Introduction to Dialogs and Special Panels
framework: cocoa
role: article
path: apple-archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Dialog
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# Introduction to Dialogs and Special Panels

Explains how to create alert panels. Includes links to documents about other types of panels.

## Organization of This Document

This topic has the following tasks:

- [Displaying Alert Dialogs](Tasks/UsingAlerts.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000871-BAJBFGED) describes how to display alert dialogs. - [Customizing Alert Dialogs](Articles/CustomAlertDialogs.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008110-SW1) discusses how to add accessory views and suppression buttons to alert dialogs and manage them. - [Displaying Alert Help](Tasks/DisplayAlertHelp.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002077-BABDHGJF) describes how to display help information related to alert dialogs.

And here’s where you can find information on other types of special panels:

- [Creating a Font Panel](../../../TextFonts/Conceptual/CocoaTextArchitecture/FontHandling/FontHandling.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009459-CH5-SW3) - [Choosing Colors With Color Wells and Color Panels](../DrawColor/Tasks/ChoosingColors.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000791) - [Using the Open and Save Panels](../../../FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/UsingtheOpenandSavePanels/UsingtheOpenandSavePanels.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010672-CH4) - [Using a Print Panel](../Printing/osxp_printpanel/osxp_printpanel.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000862) - [Using a Page Setup Panel](../Printing/osxp_printlayoutpanel/osxp_printlayoutpanel.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000863)

[Next](AlertBadging.html)

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