diff -r 86d729874ff4 -r a4f4123ca12a ui/motif/window.c
--- a/ui/motif/window.c	Sat Jan 23 18:37:30 2016 +0100
+++ b/ui/motif/window.c	Sat Jan 23 20:47:07 2016 +0100
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-UiObject* ui_window(char *title, void *window_data) {
+static UiObject* create_window(char *title, void *window_data, UiBool simple) {
     UcxMempool *mp = ucx_mempool_new(256);
     UiObject *obj = ucx_mempool_calloc(mp, 1, sizeof(UiObject));
     obj->ctx = uic_context(obj, mp);
@@ -87,24 +87,23 @@
     // TODO: use callback
     ui_set_active_window(toplevel);
     
-    // menu
     Widget window = XtVaCreateManagedWidget(
             title,
             xmMainWindowWidgetClass,
             toplevel,
             NULL);
     obj->widget = window;
-    ui_create_menubar(obj);
-    
-    // toolbar
     Widget form = XtVaCreateManagedWidget(
             "window_form",
             xmFormWidgetClass,
             window,
             NULL);
+    Widget toolbar = NULL;
     
-    Widget toolbar = ui_create_toolbar(obj, form);
-    
+    if(!simple) {
+        ui_create_menubar(obj);
+        toolbar = ui_create_toolbar(obj, form);
+    }
     
     // window content
     XtSetArg(args[0], XmNshadowType, XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT);
@@ -134,6 +133,14 @@
     return obj;
 }
 
+UiObject* ui_window(char *title, void *window_data) {
+    return create_window(title, window_data, FALSE);
+}
+
+UiObject* ui_simplewindow(char *title, void *window_data) {
+    return create_window(title, window_data, TRUE);
+}
+
 void ui_close(UiObject *obj) {
     XtDestroyWidget(obj->widget);
     window_close_handler(obj->widget, obj, NULL);