modal window = block handler?

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If “popup” is non-blocking then it’s a bug. However, I hope that the non-blocking behaviour of “open invis as modal” is retained, or there is no way to indicate progress in a modal.

 

Hugh Senior

FLCo

 

From: Andre Garzia [mailto:andre at andregarzia.com] 
Sent: 10 July 2017 19:15
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Cc: FlexibleLearning.com <admin at flexiblelearning.com>
Subject: Re: modal window = block handler?

 

Friends,

 

Just to add a related note here, at least on 9dp5 the "popup" command is also not pausing. It is supposed to pause the handler that calls it until menupick happens but in my experience here it simple keeps running even while the modal is open.

 

This might be related.

 

om om

andre

 

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> > wrote:

Opening a modal as normal (i.e. visible) obviously still does what you
specify. We simply have a 'hidden feature' that enables a non-blocking modal
should it be required (e.g. a progress indicator that prevents user-clicks
on other windows).

Hugh Senior
FLCo

> I'm going to have to disagree here. I open windows modally for the
specific
> purpose of halting code in the calling stack until the modal window is
> dismissed so that I can proceed with input from the user. An Answer dialog
is
> simply a modal stack if I am not mistaken. It's interesting though that a
> hidden window is not modal. I will have to experiment with that.
>
> Bob S
>
>
> > On Jul 10, 2017, at 24:03 , FlexibleLearning.com via use-livecode <use-
> livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:livecode at lists.runrev.com> > wrote:
> >
> > (modal blocks underlying windows, not necessarily code)



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