# Disable background user interaction when popup is opened **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [August 26, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140 "2024-08-26T07:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dharani\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/1 "2024-08-26T07:29:54Z")
Hi, I would like to disable background user interaction when a popup is open, similar to how we use the 'modal' property in Perspective. Any ideas to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/2 "2024-08-26T07:55:25Z")
Perspective or Vision? You've tagged the question as both. In general, you make the view **modal**. See the documentation. ---
**Author:** ![Dharani\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/3 "2024-08-26T08:43:47Z")
Sorry, i have updated now, I need it in vision. ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/4 "2024-11-01T08:18:40Z")
Looks like I missed this question. I can imagine several approaches that would work such as using a unifying boolean value on a client tag or custom property that the UI components could bind their enabled properties to. ...but by now _[two months later]_, I imagine you've solved this. How did you end up doing it? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/5 "2024-11-01T11:41:04Z")
~~Vision also has modal popups.~~ ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/6 "2024-11-01T13:06:25Z")
How do you make the popup modal in Vision? ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/7 "2024-11-01T13:10:55Z")
Most of the system.gui.(popup) options are gui locking. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/8 "2024-11-01T13:31:07Z")
> [@jlandwerlen](#): > > How Hmm. Misremembered. ☹ I recall hacking a window instance by reparenting into a JDialog. It wasn't trivial. ---
**Author:** ![Dharani\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-background-user-interaction-when-popup-is-opened/95140/9 "2024-11-04T04:49:52Z")
Here’s what I did: Whenever a popup opens, I enable a client tag and set the background transparency to a slightly greyish tone. For any background functionality, I first check if the client tag is enabled; if it is, I ignore the action. When the popup closes, I disable the tag.