![]() ![]() and I hit enter at just the wrong moment and I never see the pop up!!! This is caused by losing focus and the pop-up accepting the enter keystroke!Īs a programmer, I don't think it would be too difficult to implement both of these suggestions. ![]() Second, create a type of window that pops up, on top of everything, but does NOT take focus! This allows you to continue to work in the area that you want, without interruption, but still makes it obvious that you are about to be late to yourįrom experience, I hate it when a pop-up pops up while I am typing something. but you may not care so much if it asks for your password on the printer (this is an example. For example, you may want to be notified when outlook tells you you have an important Better yet would be to allow the setting to be specified for each program. I think the proper solution is twofold.įirst, make it so that you can set the default behavior for the pop-ups (or pop-unders). Sometimes Microsoft seems to forget that. It needs to better facilitate the use of our apps, which are the reason for the system's existence in the first place. Windows is simply too old to follow simple rules. It has at the highest Z-order position, and put the new dialog just in front of that. In that case the system should go find the process that started the pop-up and determine the child window However, some app designers make the desktop the parent of the pop-up dialog, which may be the cause for what people are reporting here. If the user is working on another task in front of the window creating the pop-up, it won't pop in front of his work - the flashing Taskbar button thing That way if the parent window is on top (or simply visible), the pop-up will be in front of it. Under any other applications that are higher in the Z-order. I say have Windows look at the Z-order, then open any new dialog just over the level of the parent window, but
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