diff --git a/src/luaengineapp/app.lua b/src/luaengineapp/app.lua
index d367d5d..6ecea8c 100644
--- a/src/luaengineapp/app.lua
+++ b/src/luaengineapp/app.lua
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ end
 
 function closeDialog(pushButton)
    disconnect(pushButton, "clicked()")
+   if not (getWidgetText(dialogLineEdit) == "") then
+      showMessageBox(InfoMessageBox, "You typed: " .. getWidgetText(dialogLineEdit), "LuaEngine", getParent(pushButton))
+   end
    closeWidget(getParent(pushButton))
 end
 
diff --git a/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.cpp b/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.cpp
index 8e42df6..ee0d47a 100644
--- a/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.cpp
+++ b/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void LuaEngineGui::pushClass(lua_State *L_p)
     pushFunction(L_p, "closeWidget", closeWidget);
     pushFunction(L_p, "executeWidget", executeWidget);
     pushFunction(L_p, "showWidget", showWidget);
+    pushFunction(L_p, "getWidgetText", getWidgetText);
     pushFunction(L_p, "setWidgetLayout", setWidgetLayout);
     pushVariant(L_p, "ShowCurrent", 0);
     pushVariant(L_p, "ShowNormal", 1);
@@ -596,6 +597,28 @@ int LuaEngineGui::getParent(lua_State *L_p)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int LuaEngineGui::getWidgetText(lua_State *L_p)
+{
+    if (getArgumentCount(L_p) >= 1) {
+        void *pointer = getPointer(L_p, 1);
+        if (pointer != NULL) {
+            if (((QObject*)pointer)->inherits("QLabel")) {
+                pushVariant(L_p, ((QLabel*)pointer)->text());
+                return 1;
+            }
+            else if (((QObject*)pointer)->inherits("QLineEdit")) {
+                pushVariant(L_p, ((QLineEdit*)pointer)->text());
+                return 1;
+            }
+            else if (((QObject*)pointer)->inherits("QWidget")) {
+                pushVariant(L_p, ((QWidget*)pointer)->windowTitle());
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 QString LuaEngineGui::nameForPointer(void *pointer)
 {
     QString nameStorage;
diff --git a/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.h b/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.h
index 07e33dc..d9693ce 100644
--- a/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.h
+++ b/src/luaenginegui/luaengine/LuaEngineGui.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
     static int createPushButton(lua_State *L_p);
     static int createSpacerItem(lua_State *L_p);
     static int getParent(lua_State *L_p);
+    static int getWidgetText(lua_State *L_p);
 
 private:
     lua_State *L;