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Steps to reproduce:
1) Pause the game with "Pause" key
2) Try to open the Factoriopedia with default key-bind (Alt+left-click)

What should happen:
1) Factoriopedia opens

What happens instead:
1) It does not open

Notes:
You can pause and unpause the game while Factoriopedia is open, and I often pause the game when I open it. But if I close it while paused, I can't bring it back without unpausing the game.

Thanks for the report however nothing should be interactable while the game is paused.

[2.0.31] Just found out that if you opened factoriopedia before pausing game, and by mistake you close it, you can reopen it by alt-clicking the "pause progress bar". Strangely it opens factoriopedia on concrete. Only works if factoriopedia was open before pausing. (Multiplayer Mode Tested Only).
+1 vote to have a button to browse factoriopedia and techtree while the game is paused. Designing a base for Gleba right now , trying to compute ratios , specially with biochamber speed and productivity effects. I dont like to be attacked by stompers while computing ratios.....

For the record, you can use Factoriopedia in the tech selection screen. So you're already allowed to look through it while the game is paused in singleplayer; just not in the actual pause menu, for some reason.