Questions tagged [non-modal]

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Escape in QDialog works only in modal mode?

Esc does not work for my dialog in non-modal mode, event going to underlying window. Only adding setWindowModality(Qt::WindowModal); to the dialog on creation makes the Esc key work and calls the reject() slot. Is it normal or possible to Esc…
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Problems adding a non-modal, child Windows.Forms.Form to a main Form which prevent child from receiving focus

Preface (likely to be removed later, after answers posted). This is a question to which I could not find an answer anywhere online (after a couple of days searching). I found an answer myself through trial-ans-error, but I am not particularly…
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log4net: How to distinguish between different forms on the same UI thread?

is there a way (NDC, Properties, ...?) to have a name/id per form that is included in all log4net messages, so I can distinguish between the forms in all log messages? I have many service methods etc. that are used in all my forms, and I'd like to…
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How to implement a lightweight, non-modal, resizable and minimise-able popup

I want to have a pagein which I want to display a popup that is resizeable and minimise-able to a small button displayed in the topleft corner. When the button is clicked I want it to return to its previous size. The content will just contain some…
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How can I prevent the main form capturing keystrokes in a TMemo on another non-modal form?

I have an app that opens a non-modal form from the main form. The non-modal form has a TMemo on it. The main form menu uses "space" as one of its accelerator characters. When the non-modal form is open and the memo has focus, every time I try to…
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iOS 6.1 - How do I implement imagePickerControllerDidCancel for a non-modal UIImagePickerController

On iOS 6.1, I am displaying a UIImagePickerController non-modally in one tab of a UITabBar. In my init: self.picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init]; self.picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera; self.picker.mediaTypes =…
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Window management - opening, closing & re-opening non-modal forms?

In pseudocode, this is what I am trying to do from a main window, with many non-modal sub-windows that can be opened and closed independently of the main window. (Think "preferences" or "find") On pressing "OPEN WINDOW" STEP 1: If window does not…
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JOptionpane + JDialog (non-modal) get the return value

I have a non-modal dialog with two input text fields shown with the JOptionPane with OK and CANCEL buttons. I show the dialog as below. JTextField field_1 = new JTextField("Field 1"); JTextField field_2 = new JTextField("Field 2"); …
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how to get IWin32Window of form using reflection

I have a windows form that I am displaying as non-modal dialog. As a result I am calling the overloaded Show(IWin32Window owner) method on that form. Only problem is that one of the parent forms that I want to use here is not accessible in the…
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Python: Non-modal window with subprocesses

I need to implement the following UI: - There is a window with a label "running experiment 1/X" and a button - When the window is loaded, some experiments are started. The experiments are run by os.system of subprocess.Popen, they are just…
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How to make non-modal WPF window fully draw before thread waiting

I want to show non-modal Information Window and wait for touch of smart card in other thread. I need to block my main UI thread to prevent user actions unless the smart card will be touched with card reader. I do it in main thread…
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Winforms Non-Modal notifications

I have an app that currently shows a message box when the users saves that just says "Saved successfully". The problem is, user's tend to save frequently when using this app and the message box is a pain in the @$$. I'd like to have a little…
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Change to non-modal in tkinter

How can I change it to non-modal ? If button is clicked then cursor doesn't change. If I change it to non-modal then it should be ok. def start_new_proc(): # text.config(cursor="clock") root.config(cursor="clock") …
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How to ensure garbage collection when user closes a non-modal window?

In my C# Winforms App, I have the following (minimal code shown) Form1 is the main app that the user uses to do stuff. Form2 shows a help file that explains how to use the features on Form1 to do stuff. I want the user to be able to display…
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