2011/1/30 Andreas Schneider <[email protected]>: > On Sunday, January 30, 2011 00:13 cobines wrote: >> But what about dialog boxes with buttons requiring user input? Usually >> you want to have result which button was pressed and such dialog boxes >> are shown as modal with ModalResult returned. Showing OpenFile dialog, >> showing messages with ShowMessage or asking user for input with >> InputQuery, all such cases result in all windows in the application >> being blocked. > > Well, IMHO these windows are called "dialog" for a reason. If you were > in a dialog with me and I asked you something, I would be offended if > you turned away, talked to a bunch of other people first and THEN come > back to finally answer my question. > Or more specifically in these cases: if you click a button to enter > some information (InputQuery), you most likely already know - or > should know - what you want to enter. Similarly for the Open/Save > Dialogs. If you intent on saving or opening a file, you usually have > in mind which one. So why should you be able to click around in other > windows in that time? >
Well, I look at other native applications, they behave differently than Lazarus applications, hence I ask if that's intended difference. That's all. -- cobines -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
