Dialog Boxes (Cont.) Do NOT place toolbars and menu bars on dialog boxes - that'll turn them into complicated beasts, which they are not meant to be. Do NOT place too many input items in a single dialog box, unless this target audience is made of expert users only, and there is a good reason to using such a beast. Avoid making dialog boxes modal if the user might need to look at the application window to find info to insert into the dialog box. Surely you must avoid system-modal dialog boxes.