I am using dialog type ui-group to show a 'popup' window while some calculations are going on in the background, and i DONT want the user the 'close' the dialog until it is time. but the user has the ability to CLOSE the window by clicking on x. how do i prevent that ? in dashboard-1 i was using 'ui…

Have you tried using the Notification node in DB2?

Add a ui-template set for CSS & use CSS to hide the X button.

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[image] Steve-Mcl: use CSS to hide the X button .v-btn--icon .v-icon { display: none; } this did hide the x button, but the user can still click 'outside' the popup window and activate the background.

Then target the button not the inner icon. Use your browser dev tools to find the correct selector. Ps, strongly recommend you add a class to the group to limit scope (what you have will affect everything it matches)

[image] Steve-Mcl: strongly recommend you add a class I am aware, I was doing a qucik dirty check. [image] Steve-Mcl: Then target the button not the inner icon but, still unless the dialog screen is as big as background screen, i cannot avoid user clicking outside the dialog window, w…

[image] smanjunath211: i cannot avoid user clicking outside the dialog window, which de-activates the dialog You could target the "shade" and set pointer-events: none;

I think it would be useful if the the dialog type group had a Modal option to prevent click away from happening. Also, arguably, the dialog should not have the X to allow it to be closed. Perhaps a Feature Request should be raised for this.

I dont disagree. If @smanjunath211 can raise an FR issue detailing what they want / need, that would be helpful.

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smanjunath211 10 March 2025 11:10 11

I am not sure i have worded the FR correctly. but this is the gist.

Topic		Replies	Views
Block User Input till it is time Dashboard dashboard-2	2	60	7 June 2025
Pop-up dialog window with group of ui-dashboard nodes Dashboard node-red-dashboard	2	676	18 December 2022
Looking for a text input dialog popup window similar to notification widget Dashboard	5	4569	30 March 2020
Adding a "Dialog" node Dashboard	19	3493	23 February 2021
Add Button Icon to dashboard Dashboard node-red-dashboard	23	1707	18 October 2022

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