Hi there,
I suppose you are right that this design breaks some basic properties
What I want to do is window2 to be my logbook for some activities. I thought
a user can have it launched from window1 wit it's floating property alive.
Maybe it is wrong way to design it from my side
Is there an easier way?
Thanks
John
On 29/06/2009 5:59 ΜΜ, "Rubber Chicken Software Co."
<support@chickensys.com> wrote:
> At 12:19 PM 6/28/2009, you wrote:
>
>> I have the following situation:
>> MainWindow --> Document
>> Window1 --->Movable Modal
>> Window2 ---> Floating window
>>
>> What I want to do is when I press a pushbutton in Window1 the window2
>> appears.
>>
>> In the beginning the floating works fine. But, because Window1 is
>> modal, when I click window1 I can not go back to window2. In fact I
>> go, but I can't
>> even close it. There is an editfield as well and it freezes. When I
>> close window1, window2 closes. This means that the focus is
>> controlled by window1,
>> which is modal.
>>
>> I have tried to make window1 document but I need to have it modal
>> because the software is waiting for user input.
>>
>> Any ideas? Workaround?
>
> Isn't this a design flaw? You are trying to have your cake and eat it
> too. "Modal" means Modal - meaning that "you must close me before we
> go on." Make Window2 Modal too. If there are things to be done that
> satisfy the reason you made Window1 Modal in the first place, do them
> in a modal way, or include them in the same dialog.
>
> It may be nice to have workarounds for this kind of thing, but when
> you break the rules you usually cause yourself worse problems down
> the road. Do it right the first time (from a fellow traveller).
>
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