Currently on our application we have popup/lightboxes that have a close button in the top right corner, and some of the lightboxes have cancel buttons next to the submit button - in the case of a form. We also close the lightbox when a user click outside of the lightbox.

My thinking is we are creating a confusing UX, also adding challenge in programming, by letting the user close the lightbox by clicking outside the lightbox. We want them to make a decision once the box is open.

I want to remove the feature of clicking outside the box to close it, leaving the close icon in the top corner and cancel button.

Thoughts? Experiences?

TIA

Currently on our application we have popup/lightboxes that have a close button in the top right corner, and some of the lightboxes have cancel buttons next to the submit button - in the case of a form. We also close the lightbox when a user click outside of the lightbox.

My thinking is we are creating a confusing UX, also adding challenge in programming, by letting the user close the lightbox by clicking outside the lightbox. We want them to make a decision once the box is open.

I want to remove the feature of clicking outside the box to close it, leaving the close icon in the top corner and cancel button. Is this a good idea?