From ab65b4db366475b39e351f59b558a5f9e8e42373 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaf Wintermann <olaf.wintermann@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 09:13:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add function for creating dialogs without a parent

---
 ui-rs/src/ui/window.rs | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui-rs/src/ui/window.rs b/ui-rs/src/ui/window.rs
index ef29aff..47b42a2 100644
--- a/ui-rs/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/ui-rs/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 use std::ffi::{c_char, c_int, c_void};
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use crate::ui::{event, ffi, toolkit, AppContext, EventWrapper, UiActions, UiModel};
+use crate::ui::{event, ffi, toolkit, AppContext, EventWrapper, NoAppData, UiActions, UiModel};
 use crate::ui::ffi::{UiButtonArgs, UiCallback, UiContext, UiDestructor, UiDialogArgs, UiObject};
 use crate::ui::widget::widget_fn;
 
@@ -238,6 +238,23 @@ impl<T> toolkit::UiObject<T> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn dialog_builder() -> DialogBuilder<NoAppData> {
+    DialogBuilder {
+        args: unsafe { ui_dialog_args_new() },
+        parent: std::ptr::null_mut(),
+        _marker: PhantomData,
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn dialog<F>(build: F)
+where
+    F: Fn(&mut DialogBuilder<NoAppData>),
+{
+    let mut builder = dialog_builder();
+    build(&mut builder);
+    builder.create();
+}
+
 
 /* ---------------------------------- C functions ---------------------------------- */
 
-- 
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