Close modal form by clicking outside?

[softtouch 9]

Lets say I have a modal form , which I display with

 

myform.ShowModal;

How can I close this form when the user click outside the form?

 

The form wont have a caption, and is just showing a listview and no buttons.

The user can click an entry in the listview, and the form close. But the form should also close when the user click outside the form.

 

[Remy Lebeau 1545]

  On 10/21/2024 at 3:31 PM, softtouch said:

How can I close this form when the user click outside the form?

You can call the form's Close() method, or set the form's ModalResult property, in the form's OnDeactivate event.

[Mark- 31]

  On 10/21/2024 at 3:59 PM, Remy Lebeau said:

You can call the form's Close() method, or set the form's ModalResult property, in the form's OnDeactivate event.

I know that works for non modal forms, never tried with modal forms.

Just tried with 10.2 and OnDeactivate is not called with a modal form, unless I am doing something wrong.

[Anders Melander 1952]

  On 10/21/2024 at 3:31 PM, softtouch said:

How can I close this form when the user click outside the form?

You need to capture the mouse in order to receive messages for mouse activity outside the form.

See also: SetCapture

 

You should be able to figure it out with that info.

[Remy Lebeau 1545]

  On 10/21/2024 at 4:10 PM, Mark- said:

I know that works for non modal forms, never tried with modal forms.

Just tried with 10.2 and OnDeactivate is not called with a modal form, unless I am doing something wrong.

Sorry, I meant the TApplication(Events).OnDeactivate event, not the form's OnDeactivate event.

 

You can't click on another form in your app since it has been disabled by the modal form.  But, if you click outside of the app then the modal form will lose focus, triggering the TApplication(Events).OnDeactivate event.  You can then close the modal form.

[Mark- 31]

  On 10/21/2024 at 7:00 PM, Remy Lebeau said:

Sorry, I meant the TApplication(Events).OnDeactivate event, not the form's OnDeactivate event.

 

You can't click on another form in your app since it has been disabled by the modal form.  But, if you click outside of the app then the modal form will lose focus, triggering the TApplication(Events).OnDeactivate event.  You can then close the modal form.

Thanks.