# Ui-Group - dialog type, act like a wait window stopping user interactions for a while

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [10 March 2025 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904 "2025-03-10T11:10:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 11:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904/1 "2025-03-10T11:10:12Z")

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It would be nice if the ui-group dialog type had a feature so that, nothing can be clicked/selected outside the dialog window to act like a 'wait window' or like a 'ui-spinner' for db-1.  
this is required when a time taking process is initiated on a dashboard, and the user input has to be blocked for sometime to avoid interruptions, like querying a database.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904/2 "2025-03-10T11:24:37Z")

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**Author:** ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 11:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904/3 "2025-03-10T11:59:49Z")

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> <https://github.com/FlowFuse/node-red-dashboard/issues/1627>
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> \### Description
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> Need a Feature when dialog group is in foreground, the user inp…ut (mouse clicks/keyboard inputs) should be blocked so that the activities in background go uninterrupted.  
> Use case: I have a dashboard where a query is submitted in the main window (mysql query ) the database query takes sometime and during that period, as the query results take significant amount of time, the user is tempted to click away. currently i try to achieve by activating the dialog group saying 'wait', but the user can click somewhere else or close the dialog box, however the activity is still going on in background and user again starts the query assuming the last query did not go through.
> in dashboard-1 i was easily getting this done through 'ui-spinner'. I need exactly same features as ui-spinner.
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> \### Have you provided an initial effort estimate for this issue?
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> I have provided an initial effort estimate

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 May 2025 12:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904/4 "2025-05-09T12:00:28Z")

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