# Ui-group - type dialog. how to 'prevent' closing the window

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-type-dialog-how-to-prevent-closing-the-window/95896>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Tags:** dashboard-2\
**Created:** [10 March 2025 04:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-type-dialog-how-to-prevent-closing-the-window/95896 "2025-03-10T04:19:59Z")\
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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-type-dialog-how-to-prevent-closing-the-window/95896/11 "2025-03-10T11:10:25Z")

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> [@Ui-Group - dialog type, act like a wait window stopping user interactions for a while](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ui-group-dialog-type-act-like-a-wait-window-stopping-user-interactions-for-a-while/95904):
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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.

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

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