From b6a77596a63b1d65f812211f97c8e21c4649491b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hneemann <helmut.neemann@arcor.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:02:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] made the help dialog modeless, see #392

---
 .../de/neemann/digital/gui/components/CircuitComponent.java    | 3 ++-
 .../de/neemann/digital/gui/components/ElementHelpDialog.java   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/CircuitComponent.java b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/CircuitComponent.java
index f5694c892..bb874d834 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/CircuitComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/CircuitComponent.java
@@ -1151,8 +1151,9 @@ public class CircuitComponent extends JComponent implements ChangedListener, Lib
                     @Override
                     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
                         try {
+                            attributeDialog.dispose();
                             new ElementHelpDialog(
-                                    attributeDialog,
+                                    attributeDialog.getDialogParent(),
                                     elementType,
                                     element.getElementAttributes(),
                                     getCircuit().getAttributes().get(Keys.IS_GENERIC)).setVisible(true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/ElementHelpDialog.java b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/ElementHelpDialog.java
index 32f3bb2bb..1a6ba97dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/ElementHelpDialog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/neemann/digital/gui/components/ElementHelpDialog.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class ElementHelpDialog extends JDialog {
      * @throws NodeException NodeException
      */
     public ElementHelpDialog(Window parent, ElementTypeDescription elementType, ElementAttributes elementAttributes, boolean showKeys) throws NodeException, PinException {
-        super(parent, Lang.get("attr_help"), ModalityType.APPLICATION_MODAL);
+        super(parent, Lang.get("attr_help"), ModalityType.MODELESS);
         this.showKeys = showKeys;
         setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
         StringWriter w = new StringWriter();