diff --git a/examples/example1/src/main.d b/examples/example1/src/main.d
index 7449c85a..50a67858 100644
--- a/examples/example1/src/main.d
+++ b/examples/example1/src/main.d
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ import std.conv;
 
 mixin APP_ENTRY_POINT;
 
+Widget createAboutWidget() 
+{
+	LinearLayout res = new VerticalLayout();
+	res.padding(Rect(10,10,10,10));
+	res.addChild(new TextWidget(null, "DLangUI demo app"d));
+	res.addChild(new TextWidget(null, "(C) Vadim Lopatin, 2014"d));
+	res.addChild(new TextWidget(null, "http://github.com/buggins/dlangui"d));
+	Button closeButton = new Button("close", "Close"d);
+	closeButton.onClickListener = delegate(Widget src) {
+		Log.i("Closing window");
+		res.window.close();
+		return true;
+	};
+	res.addChild(closeButton);
+	return res;
+}
+
 class SampleAnimationWidget : Widget {
 	ulong animationProgress;
 	this(string ID) {
@@ -174,7 +191,14 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
         windowItem.add(new Action(30, "MENU_WINDOW_PREFERENCES"));
         MenuItem helpItem = new MenuItem(new Action(4, "MENU_HELP"c));
         helpItem.add(new Action(40, "MENU_HELP_VIEW_HELP"));
-        helpItem.add(new Action(41, "MENU_HELP_ABOUT"));
+		MenuItem aboutItem = new MenuItem(new Action(41, "MENU_HELP_ABOUT"));
+        helpItem.add(aboutItem);
+		aboutItem.onMenuItemClick = delegate(MenuItem item) {
+			Window wnd = Platform.instance.createWindow("About...", null, WindowFlag.Modal);
+			wnd.mainWidget = createAboutWidget();
+			wnd.show();
+			return true;
+		};
         mainMenuItems.add(fileItem);
         mainMenuItems.add(editItem);
 		mainMenuItems.add(viewItem);
@@ -185,7 +209,10 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 			Log.d("mainMenu.onMenuItemListener", item.label);
 			const Action a = item.action;
 			if (a) {
-				if (window.focusedWidget)
+				if (a.id == 12) {
+					window.close();
+					return true;
+				} else if (window.focusedWidget)
 					return window.focusedWidget.handleAction(a);
 				else
 					return contentLayout.handleAction(a);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
index e5ee048e..0d03ecf7 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ import dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
 private import dlangui.graphics.gldrawbuf;
 private import std.algorithm;
 
+/// window creation flags
+enum WindowFlag : uint {
+	/// window can be resized
+	Resizable = 1,
+	/// window should be shown in fullscreen mode
+	Fullscreen = 2,
+	/// modal window - grabs input focus
+	Modal = 4,
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Window abstraction layer. Widgets can be shown only inside window.
  * 
@@ -536,6 +547,8 @@ class Window {
     }
     /// request window redraw
     abstract void invalidate();
+	/// close window
+	abstract void close();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -556,7 +569,12 @@ class Platform {
     @property static Platform instance() {
         return _instance;
     }
-    abstract Window createWindow(string windowCaption, Window parent);
+
+	/// create window
+	abstract Window createWindow(string windowCaption, Window parent, uint flags = WindowFlag.Resizable);
+	/// close window
+	abstract void closeWindow(Window w);
+
     abstract int enterMessageLoop();
     /// retrieves text from clipboard (when mouseBuffer == true, use mouse selection clipboard - under linux)
     abstract dstring getClipboardText(bool mouseBuffer = false);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
index 9b9f7ccd..051a3eaf 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
 		SDLPlatform _platform;
 		SDL_Window * _win;
 		SDL_Renderer* _renderer;
-		this(SDLPlatform platform, string caption, Window parent) {
+		this(SDLPlatform platform, string caption, Window parent, uint flags) {
 			_platform = platform;
 			_caption = caption;
 			debug Log.d("Creating SDL window");
-			create();
+			create(flags);
 		}
 
 		~this() {
@@ -84,9 +84,17 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
             private SDL_GLContext _context;
         }
 
-		bool create() {
-            uint windowFlags = SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE;
-            version(USE_OPENGL) {
+		protected uint _flags;
+		bool create(uint flags) {
+			_flags = flags;
+			uint windowFlags = 0;
+			if (flags & WindowFlag.Resizable)
+				windowFlags |= SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE;
+			if (flags & WindowFlag.Fullscreen)
+				windowFlags |= SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN;
+			if (flags & WindowFlag.Modal)
+				windowFlags |= SDL_WINDOW_INPUT_GRABBED;
+			version(USE_OPENGL) {
                 if (_enableOpengl)
                     windowFlags |= SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL;
             }
@@ -144,9 +152,20 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
 		
 		override void show() {
 			Log.d("SDLWindow.show()");
+			if (_mainWidget && !(_flags & WindowFlag.Resizable)) {
+				_mainWidget.measure(SIZE_UNSPECIFIED, SIZE_UNSPECIFIED);
+				SDL_SetWindowSize(_win, _mainWidget.measuredWidth, _mainWidget.measuredHeight);
+			}
 			SDL_ShowWindow(_win);
 		}
 
+		/// close window
+		override void close() {
+			Log.d("SDLWindow.close()");
+			_platform.closeWindow(this);
+		}
+
+
 		protected string _caption;
 
 		override @property string windowCaption() {
@@ -662,6 +681,14 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		SDLWindow _windowToClose;
+
+		/// close window
+		override void closeWindow(Window w) {
+			SDLWindow window = cast(SDLWindow)w;
+			_windowToClose = window;
+		}
+
 		/// calls request layout for all windows
 		override void requestLayout() {
 			foreach(w; _windowMap) {
@@ -684,8 +711,8 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
 
 		}
 
-		override Window createWindow(string windowCaption, Window parent) {
-			SDLWindow res = new SDLWindow(this, windowCaption, parent);
+		override Window createWindow(string windowCaption, Window parent, uint flags = WindowFlag.Resizable) {
+			SDLWindow res = new SDLWindow(this, windowCaption, parent, flags);
 			_windowMap[res.windowId] = res;
 			return res;
 		}
@@ -699,7 +726,7 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
 			Log.i("entering message loop");
 			SDL_Event event;
 			bool quit = false;
-            while(true) {
+            while(!quit) {
 				//redrawWindows();
 
 				//if (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) {
@@ -709,6 +736,7 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
 
 				    if (event.type == SDL_QUIT) {
 					    Log.i("event.type == SDL_QUIT");
+						quit = true;
 					    break;
 				    } 
 					if (_redrawEventId && event.type == _redrawEventId) {
@@ -832,7 +860,23 @@ version(USE_SDL) {
                             // not supported event
                             break;
                     }
-                }
+					if (_windowToClose) {
+						if (_windowToClose.windowId in _windowMap) {
+							Log.i("Platform.closeWindow()");
+							_windowMap.remove(_windowToClose.windowId);
+							SDL_DestroyWindow(_windowToClose._win);
+							Log.i("windowMap.length=", _windowMap.length);
+							destroy(_windowToClose);
+						}
+						_windowToClose = null;
+					}
+					//
+					if (_windowMap.length == 0) {
+						//quit = true;
+						SDL_Quit();
+						quit = true;
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			Log.i("exiting message loop");
 			return 0;