Stop modal message from freezing all windows

[seranpion]

Most relevant area for this enhancement?

I'm not sure

Feature to enhance

Stop modal messages from freezing all windows

Enhancement details

Enhancement description

Whenever a modal IDE message appears, it should not freeze the other windows of the IDE.
Or if so, it should always remain the frontmost window of the IDE.

Benefits

This would prevent IDE windows from being frozen with no explanation (modals can get lost in background).

Challenges

Reproducing window-based modality is probably tricky. I don't know about locking the modal window at the front.

Additional context

I had a case where windows were all frozen, and I did not notice the modal message.
I thought that it was a bug.

Would you like to help implement this enhancement?

No, I’m just suggesting the enhancement

[deekshithaby]

Hi! I'd like to work on this issue. My initial approach would be to investigate the modal dialog behavior — specifically whether the modality type can be changed from APPLICATION_MODAL to DOCUMENT_MODAL so other Processing windows remain responsive while a dialog is open. I have Processing4 built locally and can test on macOS. Could I be assigned this?

[avinxshKD]

@deekshithaby hey are you still working on this issue?

[deekshithaby]

@avinxshKD yes, i'm actively working on it and have a fix ready, will be submitting a pr shortly.