[JS] [CS3] UI Modal Dialog Layering

[moniuch]

I have a dialog with a list of objects, sort of object manager, with a typical New/Edit/Delete set of buttons. I'm showing this dialog modally. Now, the New/Edit buttons are supposed to open modal edit dialogs on top of this window. And they apparently do, but some kind of a bug or lack of knowledge on my side makes this work not exactly right. The problem is layering.

Imagine this: I open a New/Edit dialog, then switch back to another application (which is something a user may do), and when I return back to my script, the editor is hidden behind the manager dialog, allowing me to click New/Edit buttons again.

Thus, I was even able to open several instances of editor dialogs, until I finally I added code to prevent this. But still the interface problem remains: the editor dialog floats under the manager window - and this is contrary to the UI convention of modal dialogs.

Is this something you guys are facing too? What am I doing wrong?
I'm using this syntax to open modal dialogs:
mywin = new Window ('dialog',...)

Best
Artur

[Larry G. Schneider]

You will probably need to force your windows to a specific location on the screen to prevent overlap.