Originally Posted by rgo
I would like to be able to put the multipicker to background, while the main window stays in foreground.
How will you bring it to the foreground again?

You made a statement earlier that is quite contradictory to the way the Windows operating system works:
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So what's the rationale for keeping the dialogs in front of it? I don't think it's a default in any user interface library, so they must have put some work into it!

The Windows UI design is to have a main form which is the parent form, and child forms: dialogs which are owned by the parent. They can be modal or non-modal. When launched they are not usually designed to be hidden behind the parent form. They are launched for a particular purpose: information / interaction by the user. Displaying a dialog behind the main form would be incredibly confusing. Frankly I think your view on user interfaces is incorrect.

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The one thing I don't want to be hidden all the time is the main window.
If you launch a dialog, do you really want it to be displayed behind the main window? Wouldn't it be launched because you have a need for it, and therefore should be in front, at least until you have no further need for it?

I find your comments quite confusing. Why launch a dialog that you don't want to be in the way of the main window? Most dialogs in BIAB never hide the main window. When is the main window "hidden all the time"?

The multi-picker has a specific purpose. You can select the required function(s) and then simply close it. You can also resize it. It does not have to continually exist. You can also access functions of the main window by simply moving the multi-picker.

I'm really confused why you are not able to see the way this can be used and the associated benefits of the design.

Couldn't you just close the multi-picker when you no longer need it?

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