1. 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。

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2. Modal Dialog Boxes
模态对话框

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3. Visually differentiate modeless dialogs from modal dialogs.
视觉上区分非模态对话框与模态对话框。

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4. 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。

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5. There are two basic variants of palette tool behavior: modal tools and charged cursor tools.
它们的行为有两种基本类型,即模态工具和加载的光标工具。

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6. 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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7. 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”。

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8. Unfortunately, users are easily confounded by modal behavior that is less than clearly obvious.
很可惜,一些不太清晰的模型化行为常常会很容易地把用户搞糊涂。

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9. 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。

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10. Property dialog boxes can be either modal or modeless.
属性对话框可以是模态的,也可以是非模态的。

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