Re: A Modal Window

[Craig Emery <craig emery 3glab com>]

Esteban Quijano Vincenzi wrote:

> Hi, there are two ways for doing this:
> 1) Call gtk_main() again so you enter in a second event loop. When you 
> press an "ok" or "cancel" button just call gtk_main_quit(). You will 
> return to the main event loop.
>
> 2) Do something like this:
>   
>    while (exit_modal != TRUE) gtk_main_iteration();
>
> and in your callback function do exit_modal = TRUE somewhere
>
> Esteban Quijano Vincenzi.


This is good enough but not great.

I understand that other windows in your application can still be raised 
on top of your modal window.

I asked about this (kinda) recently and Havoc pointed me at gtk_grab_add 
() / gtk_grab_remove ()which you should call AS WELL as gtk_main ().

See the FAQ at http://www.gtk.org/faq/#AEN556 for more info.

Craig.