# Possible to convert a "Main Window" to a "Popup Window"

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-convert-a-main-window-to-a-popup-window/49724>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition78\
**Created:** [August 9, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-convert-a-main-window-to-a-popup-window/49724 "2021-08-09T19:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmiessner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dmiessner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmiessner)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-convert-a-main-window-to-a-popup-window/49724/1 "2021-08-09T19:44:29Z")

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Hello everyone,

As the title states I was wondering if it was possible to convert a main window that I made and spent some time on to a popup window. As I was thinking the process through a bit more I realized having this window simply be another menu that can be accessed through a button like other similar menus I’ve created.

I just feel it would be a shame to have to start over from scratch, but I’ve not been able to successfully copy my window into a popup window, copy the contents into a popup window, or turn the existing window into a popup.

If anyone has any ideas or recommendations that would be excellent.

Thank you very much.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-convert-a-main-window-to-a-popup-window/49724/2 "2021-08-09T19:48:20Z")

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Windows are all the same ‘type’, just with different default attributes. You should be able to just set the appropriate properties for the window type you want:  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Window+Types](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Window+Types)

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**Author:** ![dmiessner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dmiessner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmiessner)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-convert-a-main-window-to-a-popup-window/49724/3 "2021-08-09T19:52:23Z")

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Thank you, PGriffith. This was my understanding as well, but attempting to change those settings to match a popup window never seemed to succeed as far as causing it to behave like one, but I believe that it is probably my own miss-understanding somewhere. I will do my best to double check again,

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![dmiessner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dmiessner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmiessner)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-convert-a-main-window-to-a-popup-window/49724/4 "2021-08-09T19:55:44Z")

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And, as always, as soon as I ask the thing that I thought I was doing worked. Thank you very much, you’ve saved me a fairly large amount of work.