In Oracle Apex, the property page mode is used to define the mode of the page. That could be Normal, Modal Dialog, and Non-Modal Dialog. Below are the more details:
Page Mode: Normal
The page appears to be a standard Oracle APEX application page. For example, Home pages, report pages, etc we mostly set the page mode of these types of pages as Normal. The following are a few examples of the Normal Pages in Oracle Apex:
- Oracle Apex: Creating Link Column in Interactive Report
- Oracle Apex: Create Master-Detail Form/Interactive Grid
- Oracle Apex Interactive Report Tutorial
Page Mode: Modal Dialog
Modal Dialog is an overlay window where the user can interact with the window but can not access the parent page before closing it. So the user has to close the modal dialog first to interact with the other page options. The following are some examples of the Modal Dialog in Oracle Apex:
- Oracle Apex: Create Sticky Buttons Container for Dialog Windows
- Oracle Apex - On Close Dialog Refresh Parent Page Regions
- Oracle Apex: Disable Escape Key (ESC) to Prevent Close Dialog
Page Mode: Non-Modal Dialog
The Non-Modal Dialog is an overlay window but the user can access the parent page components while working on the dialog. I rarely used this page mode because if I want that the user must finish his/her work on that dialog and then only he/she can work on another page so I mostly use the Modal Dialog page mode for the dialog type pages.
