Dave Hayes <d...@jetcafe.org> writes:

> On 01/15/13 05:18, Johan Vromans wrote:
>> The Close button of the Help window does not get triggered since the
>> (other) dialog is modal and stays in control.
>
> So am I to assume that "Modal" means that the entire application is
> frozen until the dialog box exits?

That's pretty much the idea behind 'Modal'...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_dialog

> Is there a way to manage a different "tree" of windows that does not
> go "modal" when you instantiate a dialog box?

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-- Johan

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