Presenting a modal dialog box using an invisible panel underneath

摘要

Techniques for presenting a modal dialog box in a graphical user interface are described herein. According to one embodiment, a semi-transparent panel is displayed superimposed on a graphical user interface (GUI) page in response to a first user interaction with the GUI page. The GUI page provides a user interface for managing a virtualization system. A dialog box is then displayed on top of the semi-transparent panel, where the dialog box is to receive an input from the user. An alert is generated in response to a second user interaction with an area of the semi-transparent panel other than the dialog box, where the alert indicates that the second user interaction is invalid.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
displaying, by a processing device, a panel superimposed on a graphical user interface (GUI) virtualization system management page; displaying on top of the panel a dialog box comprising an input user interface element; receiving, by an event handler of the panel, an event associated with a user interaction with the panel outside of the dialog box; generating, by the processing device, an alert in response to the user interaction indicating that the user interaction is invalid, wherein the alert is in a visual form; and preventing an event handler of the GUI virtualization system management page from receiving the event.