Definition of "modeless" []

• Not modal; not having separate modes in which user input has different effects. (adjective)

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• "I believe in modeless software, search should always be search, nothing more nothing less."
• "In the new BBEdit, the search windows for both Find and Multi-File Search are modeless, meaning you can move freely back and forth between an open document and the search window, without closing the latter."
• "For when you are at the computer, a good note-taking program should be “pop-up” or “modeless,” which means that you can immediately call it up, usually with one keystroke, without switching away from the Web page you are viewing or the document you are working on."