Bug 208078 - Please remove modal propertiy of notification window
Summary: Please remove modal propertiy of notification window
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: korganizer
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 4.2.2
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2009-09-21 12:59 UTC by Tomas Pospisek
Modified: 2021-06-07 01:59 UTC (History)
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Description Tomas Pospisek 2009-09-21 12:59:19 UTC
Version:           4.2.2 (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.28-15-generic

Korganizer will pop up a modal notification window, when there's an important date coming up.

The modal property of a GUI element will ensure, that the element will *allways* stay on top of all other elements and thus allways use screen estate. That means that in order to be able to use all of the screen estate autonomously, the user will have to close or kill the application that uses modal gui elements.

Visibility can be a useful feature to keep the user aware of some fact. It clearly is for me.

So the solution here is not to force the visibility upon the user but let him put the window wherever he feels like it serves him best with in workflow. The user is however only able to do this, if the window is *not modal*.

Therefore, please remove the modal property of the notification windown. The other option would be to make modality configurable, however I don't see any necessity to *forcing* the user to close the notification window if he wants to regain screen estate.

Thanks,
*t

PS: if there was a switch in Xorg to completely forbid all modal dialogs, I'd use it at once.
Comment 1 gjditchfield 2021-06-07 01:59:18 UTC
Currently, the Reminders dialog can be dragged to any convenient screen location and can be minimized to get it completely out of view.