Questions tagged [non-modal]
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How do you make a non-modal topmost dialog that is only topmost in regards to the parent form in WinForms?
Thinking about this for an About dialog but I'm sure it's applicable in other places (say a find box)
Sorry if this is a dupe, but I couldn't find this or how to articulate the last part about it only being on top of the parent. How do you make a…

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Non-modal dialog in Angular 11
quick question.
I couldn't find an answer so far.
Is there any way to create a non-modal material dialog in the latest Angular version? I also looked that up here in the forum but also couldn't find a solution for older versions of Angular.
I would…

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delphi splash form doesn't fire timer events if shown non-modally
I have coded a splash form that fades in, shows for a while, then fades out. The fading is implemented with a timer which closes the form also. It works fine.
I was showing the form modally, but I suspected that the main form wasn't starting to…

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how to make non-modal dialog remain on top even user launches a modal dialog
I have a Form A that launches Form B as modal dialog. Form B then launches Form C. The requirement is that Form C should remain on top even though if user closes Form B. In order to achieve that I have made Form A as parent for Form C and launching…

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How to keep a photoshop plugin from being unloaded?
I've written an automation plugin for Photoshop with Visual Studio 2005 and Photoshop CS2 SDK. When I click the menu, I want to show a non-modal dialog, which is created by ADM. Finally, when I got everything ready, and ran the plugin, the dialog…

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Non-Modal Popup without fading out the BackGround screen
I'd like to create a popup dialog box in silverlight with a Input-box and a Ok and Cancel button. And the speciality of popup should be that It should not fade-out the master-background screen. And the backGround screen should be scrollable and…

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Show asynchronous 'wait' window
In a Delphi VCL app I want to create a 'Wait' message window as a time consuming process is executed (a big-useless-loop for this example).
I have tried the following things to be executed before I start the time-consuming process.
-Create a new…

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How to create a non-modal React dialog?
I'm working on a javascript React-based application running under nwjs.
My task is: on a button click, display scrollable instructions in a dialog that users can drag to a second monitor, so they can do their work in the main window, following the…

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how to implement non-modal dialog in IOS like this (image attached)?
Question: How would one best implement non-modal dialog in IOS like this (image attached)? Allow ability to drag move map still and select (long press) another location, which then that detail is populated in the pop-up "non-modal" dialog. Dialog…

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wait for a jdialog in non-modal mode
I have a JFrame and when the user presses a button is displayed an input jdialog. I need the jdialog to be in non-modal mode and once the user presses ok,
I want to do some action based on the input. Right now I pass my view as reference in the…

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Non-Modal view without NavigationController
I have an app built from the UITabBarController starter project. The first tab is part of the main.xib that contains the tab bar. I would like to slide a view up from the bottom on top of that tab's view that only covers part of the screen. My…

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Non modal "status" form
At the beginning of a section of C# code that could take several seconds to complete, I'd like to display a non modal form with a label that just says, "Please wait..."
WaitForm myWaitForm = null;
try
{
// if conditions suggest process will…

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Non-Modal/Modeless Dialogs in AngularJS without using jquery-ui
I am trying to create non-modal dialogs in my AngularJS app.
The app uses Bootstrap as well.
I am trying to create a draggable dialog, which remains active while the rest of the background can be interacted with (non-modal definition).
So, far I…

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How to make QFileDialog not modal in Qt5?
In previous versions of Qt we were able to use following constructor of file dialog:
QFileDialog(QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0, bool modal = FALSE)
So, it looks like it was possible to make non-modal file dialog. But now (in Qt5) we…

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Launch non-modal report viewer window
My Winforms app needs to launch one or more non-modal Report Viewer windows, after which the main window goes about its business(which includes opening modal dialogs). I found the code below (by H. Passant) in an earlier article:
private void…

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