1604226 - File save dialog is modal

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Alain Knaff]

File save dialog is modal, making it impossible to switch to another tab while it is up (for instance for looking back at another tab for picking an appropriate file name to save item as).

Comment 1

[Mohammad Maruf Rahman]

Hello, Alain Knaff,
Thank you for taking your time to file this issue.

It would be very helpful if you provide proper 'steps to reproduce' the bug. And, also please provide recording of the bug(video/screenshot) so that we can understand your problem properly and help you accordingly.

Please go through https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Bug_writing_guidelines for better effective bug summary.

Comment 2

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

The Save dialog is not modal, what is modal is the File Picker, that is provided by the OS and it's indeed a modal dialog. But that is a modal dialog in all the browsers afaict, indeed it's probably a requirement for the OS file picker to be modal.
So, do you mean the file picker? Because otherwise I cannot reproduce your report.

Comment 3

[Alain Knaff]

(In reply to Marco Bonardo [:mak] (Away 23 Dec - 6 Jan) from comment #2)

The Save dialog is not modal, what is modal is the File Picker, that is provided by the OS and it's indeed a modal dialog. But that is a modal dialog in all the browsers afaict, >
Well it's not a modal dialog in lynx...

indeed it's probably a requirement for the OS file picker to be modal.

Why would that be a requirement for the OS?

So, do you mean the file picker?
How can I easily tell the difference?

Because otherwise I cannot reproduce your report.

Comment 4

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

Because the OS file picker dialog IS a modal dialog. I tried with Chrome too, on Windows and Ubuntu, the behavior is the same. I also tried other software like VS Code, same thing.
So, if you would like the file picker dialog to be non modal, that's something we may not be able to do.

Comment 5

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

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Comment 6

[:Gijs (he/him)]

Resolving per Marco's comments.