Thanks. I wasn't aware of child windows. Can they be made document-modal?

On 2010-08-01, at 7:07 PM, Andreas Mayer wrote:

> 
> Am 02.08.2010 um 00:20 Uhr schrieb Dave Fernandes:
> 
>> Is this just a bug, or is it completely unsupported? Can anyone give me a 
>> workaround for this?
> 
> I don't think toolbars on sheets are supported. As you said yourself, the 
> user might get confused if there a two toolbars in a single window.
> 
>> Any comments on the UI conundrum?
> 
> Several possible solutions:
> 
> - Use a real window for the modal editor. You can attach it to it's parent as 
> a child window.
> 
> - Replace the contents of the main window with the editor view (or add it on 
> top) and swap toolbars.
> 
> - Add some other sort of toolbar to the sheet, that is visually different 
> from a main window's toolbar. Perhaps something similar to a tab bar in 
> inspector panels (like in iWork etc). You will probably have to create your 
> own implementation for that.
> 
> 
> Andreas

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