+1 ChildWindow. I'm using that for login window, change password window, message prompts etc. It's great and even has its own funky animated show/hide.
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: > You can get this for free via ChildWindow.Show(); The overlay should > intercept input requests (ie shield them). > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 10:07 AM > *To:* 'ozSilverlight' > *Subject:* Simulating modal dialog > > > > Can anyone recommend a Silverlight way of simulating the effect of a > Windows model dialog? Or perhaps it’s not wise to attempt this at all and > use some other UI technique. > > > > I have seen a few demos over the last year or so, including one by Stephan > Dekker last January on the SL weekend where put a semi-transparent canvas > over the main app window to create a dialog illusion. I think I’ve seen > Jordan Knight do the same thing at a demo last year. I heard discussion that > these techniques are not watertight because they’re not really modal and > don’t block keystrokes. > > > > I’m using the Liquid controls, and they seem to contain a Dialog class. I’m > going to take a couple of hours to play with the Liquid Dialog, but in the > meantime I thought I’d ask about this subject in general. > > > > Cheers, > > Greg > > > > Ps. I’ve put the context menu into the too-hard-basket for now. I’ll return > to it later when I have more hobby time, or SL4 arrives with one. > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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