AW: is there any trick to get out of a modal stack hang?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Great, that trick did it! I will instantly pin it to my wall :)
Thanks
Tiemo


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
Auftrag
> von Devin Asay
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Juli 2013 16:49
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: is there any trick to get out of a modal stack hang?
> 
> 
> On Jul 11, 2013, at 6:18 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > sometimes I get stuck when running into a script error, while having a
> > modal stack open and my close button of the modal stack doesn't responds
> anymore.
> > The modal stack prevents me to get into the message box, IDE, or
> > anything else.
> >
> > Is there a trick to get a modal stack without title boxes closed on
> > windows with LC 6.1 e.g. by a keyboard shortcut? Or is a full close
> > via task manager the only solution? Alt + F4 and Ctrl + period don't
work
> either.
> 
> 
> Tiemo,
> 
> Have you tried Control-Shift-Right-click? That should bring up a
contextual
> popup menu. One of the items should be TopLevel, to change the stack from
> modal to top-level.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Devin
> 
> Devin Asay
> Office of Digital Humanities
> Brigham Young University
> 
> 
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