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# worksWhenModal

A Boolean value that indicates whether the panel receives keyboard and mouse events even when some other window is being run modally.

```
var worksWhenModal: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

The value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> when the panel receives keyboard and mouse events even when some other window is being run modally; when the value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, the panel is prevented from receiving events while a modal loop or session is running. By default, the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, indicating a panel’s ineligibility for events during a modal loop or session. See [How Modal Windows Work](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/WinPanel/Concepts/UsingModalWindows.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000223) for more information on modal windows and panels.

## See Also

[`-  runModalSession:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/runModalSession(_:))

Runs a given modal session, as defined in a previous invocation of [`beginModalSession(for:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/beginModalSession(for:)).

[`-  runModalForWindow:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/runModal(for:))

Starts a modal event loop for the specified window.


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