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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="guide" style="task" id="window.vala" xml:lang="gl">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="beginner.vala#windows"/>
    <revision version="0.1" date="2012-04-07" status="draft"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
      <email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>A toplevel window which can contain other widgets.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Window</title>
  <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="media/window.png"/>
  <p>A toplevel window with destroy signal hooked up.</p>
  
      <code mime="text/x-vala" style="numbered"><![CDATA[
int main (string[] args) {

        Gtk.init (ref args);

        var window = new Gtk.Window ();
        window.title = "Welcome to GNOME";

        /*
         The following 3 lines are included here to introduce
         you to ways you can adjust the toplevel window to suit
         your needs. Uncomment them to see what they do.
         */
        //window.border_width = 10;
        //window.set_default_size (350, 70);
        //window.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER;

        /*The destroy signal is emitted when the x
          in the top right of the window is clicked.*/
        window.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);

        /*The show () method only shows the widget it is called on.
      If the widget has children (for example a label or a button,
      the method show_all () should be used to show the widget and
       the child widgets.*/
        window.show ();

        Gtk.main ();
        return 0;
}
]]></code>
<p>
  In this sample we used the following:
</p>
<list>
  <item><p>The widget <link href="http://www.valadoc.org/#!api=gtk+-3.0/Gtk.Window">Gtk.Window</link></p></item>

  <item><p>The enum <link href="http://references.valadoc.org/#!api=gtk+-3.0/Gtk.WindowPosition">Gtk.WindowPosition</link></p></item>

  <item><p>The method <link href="http://www.valadoc.org/#!api=gtk+-3.0/Gtk.Window.set_default_size">set_default_size</link></p></item> 

  <item><p><link href="http://valadoc.org/#!api=gtk+-3.0/Gtk.Container.border_width">border_width</link></p></item>

  <item><p><link href="http://valadoc.org/#!api=gtk+-3.0/Gtk.Window.window_position">window_position</link></p></item>
</list>
</page>
