Word find and replace behavior with Alt-Tab

[Ro'ee]

Hi All,

I'm using MS-Word 2007. I noticed an annoying behavior of the find and
replace dialog box when using Alt-Tab.

I open the find and replace dialog and then switch to another
application. When using Alt-tab to switch back to word, the find and
replace dialog appears as a separate process (though it doesn't appear
on the task-bar). When switching back to the find and replace dialog,
I see only the dialog without the Word application in the background.

Why does ms-word shows this dialog as separate process in the alt-tab?
Is there a way to change this behavior? I tried using the "Show all
windows in taskbar" disabled.

Any Idea?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The reason for that behavior is that the Find and Replace dialog is
displayed as a Modal dialog, which means that it can remain open, while you
shift the focus back to the document to make changes and then return to
using the dialog.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Ro'ee]

Hi,
Thanks for your response.

I don't think that the attribute that allows the dialog to be remained
open while using the document is a good excuse for the behavior of
that dialog box. See for example the behavior of that dialog in Visual-
Studio (2008) or even Notepad++ - both of them allows editing while
the find&replace dialog is opened while their dialog does not appear
as separate process when using Alt-Tab.

Does Microsoft aware of this feature/bug ?

--
Roee

The reason for that behavior is that the Find and Replace dialog is
displayed as a Modal dialog, which means that it can remain open, while you
shift the focus back to the document to make changes and then return to
using the dialog.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

Hi All,

I'm using MS-Word 2007. I noticed an annoying behavior of the find and
replace dialog box when using Alt-Tab.

I open the find and replace dialog and then switch to another
application. When using Alt-tab to switch back to word, the find and
replace dialog appears as a separate process (though it doesn't appear
on the task-bar). When switching back to the find and replace dialog,
I see only the dialog without the Word application in the background.

Why does ms-word shows this dialog as separate process in the alt-tab?
Is there a way to change this behavior? I tried using the "Show all
windows in taskbar" disabled.

Any Idea?

 

[kmacdowe]

I too find this behaviour very annoying. I 100% concur with Roee. Thanks Roee.