Hi I don't think it's possible to hide just the close button. At the end all depends on the window manager. Anyway connecting to the "delete-event" is the right way. There is however: gtk_window_set_decorated () and gdk_window_set_decorations () HTH Jan-Marek _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list