Talk:Modal window

message: Hi.
I noticed that there are 2 occurrences of the same typo/error.
You typed "modeless" instead of "modaless" - the opposite programming design for GUI.
It is in the last paragraph of the document.
I would appreciate if you fix it.
10x.
:Modeless is the standard term. Alksub 09:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

message: The modality of a window, whether it forces interaction by disabling other interaction, is one attribute of a window.  This is similar to whether a window is full screen or contains a title bar.  This attribute does not make a window an inherently different graphical control element and any graphical control element could have modality.  A drop down could similarly disable all other functionality until a choice is selected.  There wouldn't be an article for 'modal down down' or 'full screen window'.  Going forward, should this article be merged with window, popover, or mode? Nnivi (talk) 14:41, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Article 

message: I though a modal window indeed interrupt main windows workflow and wait for user response (maybe some times, like the 'Quit window: Save - Delete - Cancel" window.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.226.253.162 (talk) 00:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "To avoid interrupting main window's workflow?" 

message: As a programmer, I have always known this term is "modaless" as opposed to "modal".
You can check anywhere in the printed books as well as known sites such as Codeguru, etc.
It is definitely Modaless. If you don't agree, I would suggest that at least it will be added between parentheses.
Thanks.
:Both words come from the Human-Computer Interaction field, where "modal" and "modeless" are words derived from the root word "mode". Thus deriving "modaless" from "modal" is an error, though it's easy to see why programmers (who only see the term "modal" in the context of modal windows) could commit that error. I have created a redirection from Modaless to Modeless to facilitate finding it. Diego 19:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: (And if YOU don't agree, just ask Google ) :-) Diego 19:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modaless vs. Modeless 

message: Still new at helping to maintain Wikipedia, but for those of us who have little knowledge about programming (which is  probably why I stopped here first to learn about it), I was hoping that the terms "child" and "parent" could be linked to their definitions in the context of this article.  Still learning how to do this or I would do that myself; such as, if I knew more about the difference between "modaless" and "modeless" I would just go ahead and make the correction - or, is it "modal less" and "model less"?  I thank you, sincerely. MVD (talk) 11:22, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're absolutely right. I've added a link to the definition of "child nodes" in a tree, it's the best reference I've found to explain what is a child windows. Diego (talk) 17:25, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layman Awareness 

message: I have never heard of this library, there are tons of them and I often look at top 10 best JS apps for inspiration. So I have a strong feeling it is an ad. If I had to say what the quintessential modal was, I would say bootstrap modal. It is even called a modal. Not to mention that discontent towards modals is linked to bootstrap addiction.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.100.13.70 (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've seen "lightbox" used as a generic name for that design, rather than referring to any particular library. Maybe you'd want to rewrite the offending sentences in that way, removing emphasis on the library? Diego (talk) 11:37, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lightbox advert? 

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message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: no consensus. There is firstly a minimal participation but I gave more weight since the proposed name doesn't reflect the current state of the article. Incorporation of this would help the article. (non-admin closure) Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! 06:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Modal window →  – As User:Nnivi justly points out above, any user interface element can be a modal, not just windows. A popover, just to give one example, can also be modal or modeless. Another example, also given by Nnivi, is the drop-down list. 62.166.252.25 (talk) 14:17, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: We could rename this article to "modal container" or "modal widget", perhaps? Assuming the modal window is part of the containers subgroup of the graphical widget (graphical control element). Almost all instances of "modal window[s]" in this article could simply be renamed to the more general "modal container[s]" or "modal widget[s]" for the article to reflect its new title. Your "That may be true" is - to me - a key here, and my reason to suggest the rename; we should 'fix' this article to become more accurate and precise. --62.166.252.25 (talk) 06:15, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 20 April 2024