[GTK] Closing a View window closes them all

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#5,677 opened on Jan 21, 2026 11 comments 0 reactions 2 assignees View on GitHub

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Since Jan 21, 2026.

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Description

GUI.GTK type.bug

To reproduce:

Red [Needs: View]

view/no-wait [button "I have the focus!" focus [print "ok"]]
me: view/no-wait [button "Close" focus [unview me]]
do-events

Close the second window, either from the button or the [x] window gadget, both windows will be closed!

Expected behavior: only current window closing.

NB: once fixed, check for possible regression caused by the fix for #5672

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