Source Code

File: examplewindow.h (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

#ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H
#define GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

#include <gtkmm.h>

class ExampleWindow : public Gtk::Window
{
public:
  ExampleWindow();
  virtual ~ExampleWindow();

protected:
  //Signal handlers:
  void on_button_clicked();
  void on_about_dialog_response(int response_id);

  //Child widgets:
  Gtk::Box m_VBox;
  Gtk::Label m_Label;
  Gtk::ButtonBox m_ButtonBox;
  Gtk::Button m_Button;
  Gtk::AboutDialog m_Dialog;
};

#endif //GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

File: main.cc (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

#include "examplewindow.h"
#include <gtkmm/application.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  auto app = Gtk::Application::create(argc, argv, "org.gtkmm.example");

  ExampleWindow window;

  //Shows the window and returns when it is closed.
  return app->run(window);
}

File: examplewindow.cc (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

#include "examplewindow.h"
#include <iostream>

ExampleWindow::ExampleWindow()
: m_VBox(Gtk::ORIENTATION_VERTICAL),
  m_Label("The AboutDialog is non-modal. "
    "You can select parts of this text while the AboutDialog is shown."),
  m_ButtonBox(Gtk::ORIENTATION_VERTICAL),
  m_Button("Show AboutDialog")
{
  set_title("Gtk::AboutDialog example");

  add(m_VBox);

  m_VBox.pack_start(m_Label);
  m_Label.set_line_wrap(true);
  m_Label.set_selectable(true);

  m_VBox.pack_start(m_ButtonBox);
  m_ButtonBox.pack_start(m_Button);
  m_Button.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
              &ExampleWindow::on_button_clicked) );

  m_Dialog.set_transient_for(*this);

  m_Dialog.set_logo(Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_resource("/about/gtkmm_logo.gif", -1, 40, true));
  m_Dialog.set_program_name("Example application");
  m_Dialog.set_version("1.0.0");
  m_Dialog.set_copyright("Murray Cumming");
  m_Dialog.set_comments("This is just an example application.");
  m_Dialog.set_license("LGPL");

  m_Dialog.set_website("http://www.gtkmm.org");
  m_Dialog.set_website_label("gtkmm website");

  std::vector<Glib::ustring> list_authors;
  list_authors.push_back("Murray Cumming");
  list_authors.push_back("Somebody Else");
  list_authors.push_back("AN Other");
  m_Dialog.set_authors(list_authors);

  m_Dialog.signal_response().connect(
    sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ExampleWindow::on_about_dialog_response) );

  show_all_children();

  // The widget must be realized and mapped before grab_focus() is called.
  // That's why it's called after show_all_children().
  m_Button.grab_focus();
}

ExampleWindow::~ExampleWindow()
{

}

void ExampleWindow::on_about_dialog_response(int response_id)
{
  std::cout << response_id
    << ", close=" << Gtk::RESPONSE_CLOSE
    << ", cancel=" << Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL
    << ", delete_event=" << Gtk::RESPONSE_DELETE_EVENT
    << std::endl;

  switch (response_id)
  {
  case Gtk::RESPONSE_CLOSE:
  case Gtk::RESPONSE_CANCEL:
  case Gtk::RESPONSE_DELETE_EVENT:
    m_Dialog.hide();
    break;
  default:
    std::cout << "Unexpected response!" << std::endl;
    break;
  }
}

void ExampleWindow::on_button_clicked()
{
  m_Dialog.show();

  //Bring it to the front, in case it was already shown:
  m_Dialog.present();
}

File: aboutdialog.gresource.xml (For use with gtkmm 3, not gtkmm 2)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gresources>
  <gresource prefix="/about">
    <file>gtkmm_logo.gif</file>
  </gresource>
</gresources>