OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 31217

modal

/ˈməʊdəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
modal
Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
Dialogs can be modal, in which case the user is required to provide necessary information before work in the main window can continue, or modeless. Modeless dialogs do not prevent…
a modal dialog; a modal window