Scrolling Non-Focus Window

[J. Landman Gay]

On 4/25/13 6:23 PM, Dan Friedman wrote:
> Jacqueline,
>
> The stack "main" is a lengthy report that the user fills out.  I open
> a modal dialog when I have them type a narrative response (there are
> many tools and other options that are available to the user when
> typing a narrative - libraries of pre written texts, custom
> narratives they can save, and on and on...).  I need the user to
> finish editing this text before doing something else.  That's why I
> am using a modal dialog.  This model has been working great for
> years!  However, not I have a user who want to scroll "main" to
> review previous responses while typing the narrative.  Does that
> makes sense?

Yes, that's an appropriate use, sounds like. Unfortunately I don't think 
the scroll will work with it. The only other alternative I can think of 
is a new interface, which is probably more than you want to do.

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