# Capture user input from dialog message box

Using the [Show Message Box](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/dialog-element/actions.md#show-message-box) action launches a message dialog that allows your application to display important information and prompt the user to choose between one or more options. \
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These options can be customized.

When a user selects an option, the [Message Box Button Clicked Index](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/dialog-element/states.md#message-box-button-clicked-index) state returns the result of that interaction. 

Additionally, the [Message Box Checkbox Checked](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/dialog-element/states.md#message-box-checkbox-checked) state will return if the shown checkbox is checked.

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#### How To:

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#### Step 1.

To show a message box, we simply just need to call the [Show Message Box](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/dialog-element/actions.md#show-message-box) action.

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We can specify which buttons to display in the message box.&#x20;

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#### Step 2.

Next, we'll listen for the [Message Box Button Clicked](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/dialog-element/events.md#message-box-button-clicked) event.

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This will populate our [Message Box Button Clicked Index](/deskifier/deskifier-bubble.io-docs/dialog-element/states.md#message-box-button-clicked-index) state.

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The button index is **0-based**, which means counting starts at 0 instead of 1.&#x20;
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