The console can't be opened when modal windows are active
Apparently you can open the console window almost everywhere and it overlaps with other UI elements:
There's a funny bug in the vanilla engine where if you try to open the console while the name box is present, you might not be able to type anything in the name box and thus have to start a new game. However, OpenMW does not allow opening the console in those situations. I thought it would be nice to have the ability to Open the console in these situations for development and testing purposes.
Edited by Alexei Kotov