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Indicate if dialog with exclusive focus is open off-screen

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04-22-2024 10:37 AM
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ArcGIS Pro 3.2.2

Sometimes, a dialog opens off-screen, either completely off any screen or on a different screen. The dialog has exclusive focus, so ArcGIS Pro is locked from clicks and appears to be frozen. The user isn't aware of the dialog, so they use the task manager to close Pro. That results in a loss of work and wasted time.

I'm wondering if ArcGIS Pro could indicate that a dialog is open. For example, put bolded "Dialog Open" text in the Pro title bar. Or something better.

That way, we'd know that a dialog is open, and we could possibly find a way to move it or close it using keyboard shortcuts, such as this (untested):

“…Press alt-space and then the 'm' key, which then allows you to use the arrow keys to move the dialog box back onto the screen.”

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcpro-dialog-boxes-showing-up-halfway-off-screen...

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LaurenLumHee

I second this idea!! Since I work on multiple monitors sometimes I think ArcGIS Pro is hung up, but then I realize the dialog box opened on another screen. If ArcGIS Pro could highlight in another color or have the 'Dialog Open' display that would be so helpful.

An example of this happening would be the process for overwriting a web layer. The Sharing panel has a spinning icon --that makes you think it's still loading, but really there's a dialog box that pops up to select the layer you want to overwrite (and typically it's off on another screen).