Bug 1231856

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #876020 +++

Description of problem:
The Anaconda network dialog - 'Editing System (ethX)' dialog gets hidden if a user clicks away from dialog. The configure button will be grayed out and user will have to click 'Continue'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
20121112_f18b-smoke18 - Anaconda 18.29

How reproducible: 100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click the 'Configure' dialog
2. Click mouse away from dialog, the 'Configure' button is grayed out and the dialog is still open but focus is lost on it.
3.
  
Actual results:
Dialog goes 'missing' lost focus, user has to find the dialog by clicking 'Continue' and get to the 'Network Configuration' option in the main setup screen.

Expected results:
Dialog should be Modal to prevent the dialog from losing focus/lost from view.


See screenshot, in this case when the user clicked 'Configure' prior and then clicked away from the first screen, they had to click 'Continue' next, the dialog was not visible *until* the user goes into 'Network Configuration' this will pop up the 'Network Configuration' screen (as seen after Language selection) and then the user can get the dialog back, but if the user clicks away again, then clicks Done

you see the result in screenshot.

Moral is that dialog should be Modal :)

--- Additional comment from Radek Vykydal on 2012-11-13 10:44:33 CET ---

Yes, it will be pretty tricky as the dialog belongs to nm-connection-editor - a separate application.

For the record:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2012-June/msg00408.html

Current situation is worsened by disabling 'Alt-Tab' in anaconda environment.

--- Additional comment from Reartes Guillermo on 2013-04-02 03:38:43 CEST ---

One can go back to the Main Hub and click save and then return to the Network Spoke, but in F19, unlike F18, the buttons '+' and '-' will be grayed out because the bond creation was interrupted.

--- Additional comment from Reartes Guillermo on 2013-04-02 03:39:12 CEST ---

Please update Version to 19 since it does happen in F19a TC3

--- Additional comment from Shawn Starr on 2013-04-02 03:52:23 CEST ---

Confirmed this does happen in Fedora 19 TC3 - Anaconda 19.14

--- Additional comment from Radek Vykydal on 2013-07-15 11:35:47 CEST ---

In F19 we mitigated the issue by invoking new configure dialog after clicking on [Configure] again (bug 972959). The same has been done also for adding bond/vlan device ([+] button).

--- Additional comment from Radek Vykydal on 2013-07-15 11:37:05 CEST ---



--- Additional comment from Reartes Guillermo on 2014-10-11 21:37:01 CEST ---

The workaround described in comment #5 is still being used in F21 (tested with server). Version should be set to 21.

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--- Additional comment from Radek Vykydal on 2015-01-15 14:14:05 CET ---

NetworkManager guys are working on " Allow externally-spawned editors to be modal/always-on-top (eg, for Anaconda)" bz.

--- Additional comment from Martin Kolman on 2015-06-15 15:47:07 CEST ---

According to discussion with the NetworkManager people the feature (a --keep-above command line flag) should be available for the Fedora 23 time frame.