Re: [gtkmm] Gtk::Window

[Matthew Walton <matthew alledora co uk>]

Alexander Bussman wrote:

> Hi!
> I wonder if it's a way to lock the application until a newly created 
> window is closed.
> I need to do that because I want to grab a string from that window (that 
> the user writes).
>
> something like this I mean:
> ...
> mywindow.show();
> wait_until_mywindow_is_closed();
> std::string data = mywindow.getData();
> ...
>
> I can't figure out a good way to do this.... anyone?

Try show_modal()