modeless
adjEtymology From mode + -less.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Not modal; not having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Not modal; not requiring immediate user interaction and thus allowing interaction with other widgets.
- Dialogs can be modal, in which case the user is required to provide necessary information before work in the main window can continue, or modeless. Modeless dialogs do not prevent the user from interacting with any of the other windows in the application.a. 2011, “Dialog Windows”, in Qt Widgets Documentation, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2020:
- Derived terms
- modelessly, modelessness