V27.0.0: Windows dialog boxes hidden

[Stephen Van Dellen]

Just upgraded to Parallels 27.0.0. In Excel VBA on Windows 11 VM, VBA's error boxes are hidden behind the active window. They're "modal" so it's impossible to move the window out of the way. Fortunately, RETURN always clears the box but I don't know what the box was trying to tell me. This has been an occasional problems with past Parallels versions. It's happening often enough now to be a nuisance.

Addition: Just had a case where the VBA editor's "Find/Replace" dialog box was "behind" the active window. It appeared normally off to the side of the active window initially but when I moved the active window over it, the active window hid the Find/Replace box.

 

[RyanH5]

Same issue here. Our CRM software pop-up dialogs continue to open BEHIND the main application window when in Coherence Mode, which causes the app to appear frozen. I have to switch out of Coherence for the pop-up dialog to show and then I can switch back. It's pretty annoying. Only started when I upgraded to the new version.

 

[RyanH5]

Can an employee verify whether they've been able to replicate this issue and if it's going to be fixed in a future build? It's getting super annoying...

 

[TraeR1]

Installed latest version of Parallels Desktop this morning and this hidden dialog box issue still occurs. This happens even in Excel, so not just an esoteric app issue.

 

[RyanH5]

Installed latest version of Parallels Desktop this morning and this hidden dialog box issue still occurs. This happens even in Excel, so not just an esoteric app issue.

Pretty dang annoying, isn't it? I wonder what was changed in the new Parallels version that causes it. I've been using Parallels on my Mac Mini M1 since I got it back in 2020, and on my Intel Macs since 2010-ish, and I've never had a showstopper issue like this. It's majorly affecting my workflow.

EDIT: Just updated my Mac Mini M1 to macOS Golden Gate (27), and the issue with Parallels persists.