# Popup issue about background dismissible

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-issue-about-background-dismissible/116544>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-issue-about-background-dismissible/116544 "2026-07-27T21:04:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![slangaroudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@slangaroudi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/slangaroudi)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-issue-about-background-dismissible/116544/1 "2026-07-27T21:04:27Z")

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I want to set my popup in bakground dismissble and when I have popup I could close by button either by clicking somewhere in screeen but even I checked mark background dismiible is not working!!

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**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-issue-about-background-dismissible/116544/2 "2026-07-27T21:12:15Z")

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You need to have `modal` selected as well for that to work. From the manual for that action setting:

> Background dismissible - A boolean indicating if the popup can be dismissed by clicking outside of it. This setting is only applied if the modal option is enabled. If omitted, defaults to false.

> **[Popup Action​ - Component Events and Actions | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/perspective/working-with-perspective-components/component-events-and-actions#popup-action)**
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> In Perspective, events and actions are some of the fundamental building blocks of project functionality. Actions give you the ability to respond to specific user inputs (such as mouse, keyboard, and touch inputs), as well as broad session events...

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**Author:** ![slangaroudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@slangaroudi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/slangaroudi)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-issue-about-background-dismissible/116544/3 "2026-07-27T21:21:33Z")

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Thank you soooo much , It works!