Apple Mail Modal Window

Last updated 2011-12-22 - Send Feedback
Related: mac OS, OSX

Status: still broken in 10.7.2.

Enter full screen mode, then hit cmd-N for a new mail message.

The resulting window is modal; it’s not possible to do anything else.

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Mac OS X Lion: Apple Mail and its modal dialog for a new mail— cannot click elsewhere

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