Hi Ward, I don't know the answer either. But this is my biggest pet peeve with Legacy, it's so un-user-friendly and wastes time and cause input errors. I just accepted it because I didn't know any better. Have you offered that as a suggestion? I think it would be a fantastic improvement.
Larry On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Ward Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > I've used Legacy happily for about 5 years, but always find one of its > characteristics to be really inconvenient: Unlike many other applications I > use, Legacy dialog boxes are modal; i.e., they temporarily halt the program, > and the user cannot continue until the dialog has been closed. This means, > for example, when a search list is created it can't be parked at the side of > the screen and referred to while work is done in the parent window. And if > filling in a modal dialog requires access to the parent window, you must > close the dialog, find the information in the parent window, and then open > the dialog again. Modal dialogs show information in a series (one lot of > information at a time) and not in parallel (all the information you need to > see at once). Parallel allow the user to choose what to look at, but in > serial you are pretty much forcing him or her to pick an option. > > Obviously some kinds of dialogs must be modal, such as selecting a file to > open or warnings such as confirming a deletion. My understanding is that > modals are also easier to program, because the programmer doesn't have to be > concerned whether making decisions in multiple screens could cause > conflicts. But there are ways around this. > > I couldn't find references to this issue in the forum archives; does anyone > know whether there's a good reason for using modal dialogs so often? > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
