#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Tk; my $tl; my $mw = MainWindow->new; $mw->title( "MainWindow" ); $mw->Button( -text => "Toplevel", -command => \&do_Toplevel )->pack(); MainLoop; sub do_Toplevel { if ( !Exists( $tl ) ) { $tl = $mw->Toplevel(); $tl->geometry('300x100+100+100'); $tl->title( "Toplevel" ); #put all your widgets here $tl->Button( -text => "Close", -command => sub { $tl->grabRelease; $tl->withdraw } )->pack; } else { $tl->deiconify(); $tl->raise(); $tl->grabGlobal; } }