1.
Visually differentiate modeless dialogs from modal dialogs.
视觉上区分非模态对话框与模态对话框。
2.
There are two types of dialog boxes: modal and modeless. Modal dialogs boxes are, by far, the most common variety.
有两种类型的对话框，即模态对话框和非模态对话框。
3.
Modeless dialogs are less common than their modal siblings.
另一种对话框称为“非模态对话框”，它不如同胞姐妹模态对话框那么常见。
4.
Use consistent terminating commands for modeless dialog boxes.
为非模态对话框提供一致的终止命令。
5.
Modeless dialog issues
非模态对话框存在的问题
6.
( The format dialog is now modeless, so you can click to other elements and change their formatting.
(式对话框是非模态对话框,可以点击其他元素并设置格式。
7.
Function dialog boxes are usually summoned from a menu.
功能对话框通常从菜单打开，它们是最常见的模态对话框。
8.
In modal dialogs, the Cancel button means, “Abandon my input and close the dialog.”
在模态对话框中，“取消”按钮意味着“放弃输入，关闭对话框”。
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This all fits together logically, because the Undo function is unavailable if a modal dialog box is up, but is still usable with modeless ones.
它在逻辑上也是合适的，因为撤销功能在模态对话框中不可用，而在非模态对话框中可用。
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Modeless dialogs have terminating commands, too, although the conventions for them are far weaker and more confusing than for modal dialogs.
尽管非模态对话框的规则比模态对话框更弱，也更让人费解，但其也有终止命令。
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After the modeless dialog opens, the parent program continues without interruption.
打开一个非模态对话框后，可以不用打断父程序。
12.
As we discussed in Chapter 21, the hallmark of bad interaction design is a user interface that consists primarily of control-laden modal dialog boxes.
对话框在第21章中我们讨论过，设计糟糕的一个标志就是用户界面上充斥大量的模态对话框。
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This means that you can change the selection while the modeless dialog box is still visible.
这意味着在仍可以看见非模态对话框的情况下，你可以改变选择。
14.
They are visually very similar to modal dialog boxes, but they are functionally very different.
它们在视觉上与模态对话框非常相似，但功能不同。
15.
There is a more radical solution that delivers us from modeless dialog maladies.
还有一种更激进的方法可以解决非模态对话框的弊病。
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There are few established behavioral conventions for them, particularly with respect to terminating commands.
非模态对话框很少建立行为规范，尤其是终止命令。
17.
Forms are independent, top-level windows. In terms of behavior, they are the same as modeless dialog boxes.
窗体是独立的顶层窗口，行为方面与非模态对话框相同。
18.
Actually, because modal dialog boxes only stop their owning applications, they are more precisely named application modal.
事实上，如果模态对话框只停止其所属的应用程序，可将其更确切地称为“应用模态”。