Movable Modal Windows

💬 Feature Requests
21

With the new modal frame, being able to make the modal appear at a specific position would be awesome.

One major use would be to create walkthroughs for our apps.

3 Likes
22

Looking forward to it! +1

1 Like
23

+1 This would be a great improvement to user experience

1 Like
24

+1

1 Like
25

+1

1 Like
26

+1

27

+1

28

+1

29

+1

30

Hey all - I want to break this down into what seems to be the core two asks: draggable modals and programmatically positioned modals.

Can folks in the thread (and who +1'd) clarify whether you need:

  1. Draggable modals
  2. Programmatically positioned modals
  3. Both

We're building Popovers to handle the programmatic positioning of modal-like frames, so I'd like to assess the demand for dragability on its own.

Thanks!

3 Likes
31

number 2 for me.

32

I'd vote for 3, with a priority on 2 then 1.

33

+1 (late to the party!)

For my use case #1 is priority "draggable modals" - often there is data in the parent window that I would like my users to be able to see when working in a modal.

34
  1. Both - for me!
35

Hi,

@MattWG, in that case, maybe you could try the new Drawer and SplitPane for you use-case.

Worth trying.

36

hi @kent,

Any progress on that front?

regards,

37

Hey @MicExpert - Popovers were unfortunately deprioritized this spring but they're currently scoped for late Q3 this year. Hopefully we'll have something to share soon, and I'll update this thread when we do.

2 Likes
38

Thanks @MicExpert yep - that is what we now use instead of modals. The drawer is super helpful. Thanks for sharing.

1 Like
39

+1 on being able to programmatically position modals.
@kent Looks like Retool doesn't use Retool to create the Retool documentation / demos. When you click on the "open modal" button on Modal | Retool Component Library, the modal opens next to the button (and not on the center of the screen). This is exactly the behavior I would want.

1 Like
40

Number 2!