hhhmmm, I've jut tried to do the steps you describe. I open a image, select export as, switch to the main window - which does not work because the export window is a modal dialog as it's supposed to be, nevertheless the export window get's inactive but can be easily re-activated by simply clicking in it. So everything works as expected. Sorry, I can't reproduce your issue,
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hhhmmm, I've jut tried to do the steps you describe. I open a image, select export as, switch to the main window - which does not work because the export window is a modal dialog as it's supposed to be, nevertheless the export window get's inactive but can be easily re-activated by simply clicking in it. So everything works as expected. Sorry, I can't reproduce your issue,