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* A frequent example is the sudden appearance of a [[modal window|modal]] [[Alert dialog box|error dialog]] in an application while the user is typing, which is a form of [[focus stealing]]; the user expects the typed text to be introduced into a text field, but the unexpected dialog may discard all the input, or may interpret some keystrokes (like "Y" for "yes" and "N" for "no") in a way that the user did not intend, often triggering a destructive action that cannot be [[undo|reverted]]. Programmers can mitigate this by implementing a short delay between the modal dialog displaying and it beginning to accept keyboard input.

* The [[Unix]] [[text editor]] [[Vi (text editor)|vi]] can be notoriously difficult for beginners precisely because it uses modes, and because earlier versions configured mode indication to be turned off by default.

* In many computer video games, the keyboard is used both for controlling the game and typing messages. A userUsers may forget they are in "typing mode" as they attempt to react to something sudden in the game and find the controls unresponsive (and instead their text bar full of the command keys pressed).

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