[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139796] Make Insert Special Character a Modeless Window

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139796

--- Comment #16 from Dave <dhorton668 at gmail.com> ---
>From the information in the article previously linked:
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/modal-nonmodal-dialog/, I would say the
balance tips to non-modal.

Listed disadvantages of modal dialogs that directly apply to my experience.
* They interrupt the user’s workflow.
* They cause users to forget what they were doing. (Due to task switching.)
* They block the content in the background.

The article goes on to say that modal dialogs are appropriate "for important
warnings, as a way to prevent or correct critical errors."

I can see a Save or Discard Changes dialog being modal. Insert Special
Character? Not so much, for the disadvantages listed above.

There's plenty of screen real estate on a modern 16:9 display to have a
document and a dialog side by side.

I'm not claiming this is a high-priority enhancement, it just seems like it
would offer consistency for the end user and that there is not much programming
effort involved to make it happen.

Having more than one way to accomplish a task is a good thing.

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