Dialog

A dialog window that pops up when a button is pressed.

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#include <gtk/gtk.h>
 

/*Callback function in which reacts to the "response" signal. Be sure to place 
it before the function it is called in*/
static void
on_response (GtkDialog *dialog,
             gint       response_id,
             gpointer   user_data)
{
  /*For demonstration purposes, this will show the int value 
  of the response type*/
  g_print ("response is %d\n", response_id);
  
  /*This will cause the dialog to be destroyed*/
  gtk_widget_destroy (GTK_WIDGET (dialog));
}



/*Callback function in which reacts to the "clicked" signal*/
static void
show_dialog (GtkButton *button,
             gpointer   user_data)
{
  GtkWindow *window = user_data;
  GtkWidget *dialog;
  GtkWidget *content_area;
  GtkWidget *label;

  gint response_id;

  /*Create the dialog window. Modal windows prevent interaction with other 
  windows in the same application*/
  dialog = gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons ("A Gtk+ Dialog", 
                                        window, 
                                        GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, 
                                        GTK_STOCK_OK, 
                                        GTK_RESPONSE_OK, 
                                        NULL);

  /*Create a label and attach it to the content area of the dialog*/
  content_area = gtk_dialog_get_content_area (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
  label = gtk_label_new ("This demonstrates a dialog with a label");
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (content_area), label);

  /*The main purpose of this is to show dialog's child widget, label*/
  gtk_widget_show_all (dialog);
  
  /*Connecting the "response" signal from the user to the associated
  callback function*/
  g_signal_connect (GTK_DIALOG (dialog), 
                    "response", 
                    G_CALLBACK (on_response), 
                    NULL);

}



static void
activate (GtkApplication *app,
          gpointer        user_data)
{
  GtkWidget *window;
  GtkWidget *button;
 
  /*Create a window with a title and a default size*/
  window = gtk_application_window_new (app);
  gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "GNOME Button");
  gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), 250, 50);

  /*Create a button with a label, and add it to the window*/
  button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Click Me");
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), button);
 
  /*Connecting the clicked signal to the callback*/
  g_signal_connect (GTK_BUTTON (button), 
                    "clicked", 
                    G_CALLBACK (show_dialog), 
                    GTK_WINDOW (window));
 
  gtk_widget_show_all (window);
}
 


int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  GtkApplication *app;
  int status;
 
  app = gtk_application_new ("org.gtk.example", G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE);
  g_signal_connect (app, "activate", G_CALLBACK (activate), NULL);
  status = g_application_run (G_APPLICATION (app), argc, argv);
  g_object_unref (app);
 
  return status;
}

In this sample we used the following: