What are menus called that prevent clicking other places until they are closed?

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I am trying to find out how to refer to a particular property of windows I frequently encounter.

These window prevent clicking anywhere else on the computer, and when you try to do so it is often accompanied by the "Windows Background" error sound and/or the menu flashing. An example would be the menu that appears when you are choosing where to save a file to.

I am hoping to find a program that stops Windows from preventing clicking while these menus are open, but I cannot seem to figure out how to refer to these menus in a way a search engine can identify in order to look for a program that would let me do so.

I would appreciate it if anyone knew anything about how to refer to this menu type and would be willing to share.

It's not a menu, it's a dialog box. – DavidPostill Jun 21 '22 at 16:59 — DavidPostill, Jun 21 '22 at 16:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '22 at 16:18

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Such window is called Modal window

answered Jun 21 '22 at 16:18

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You should have a look at the Windows interface guidelines if you need to know any more terms or operational details of the Windows interface. Here is a starting point to the Windows UI guidelines: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/uxguide/designprinciples – user8356 Jun 21 '22 at 20:16

What are menus called that prevent clicking other places until they are closed?

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