Understanding Modals, Popovers, and Lightboxes

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk through the differences between modals, popups, popovers, lightboxes, and dialog boxes.

Show Notes

• 00:31 Welcome
• 02:25 What’s popping up?
• 02:59 What’s a modal?
• 08:33 Pop overs and lightboxes
• 10:41 Explicit dismiss and light dismiss
• 11:30 Inert property
• inert
• 16:30 Backdrop pseudo element
• Dialog with animation
• 19:26 Dialog
• 28:12:11 Making accessibility easier

const showButton = document.getElementById('showDialog'); const favDialog = document.getElementById('favDialog'); const outputBox = document.querySelector('output'); const selectEl = favDialog.querySelector('select'); const confirmBtn = favDialog.querySelector('#confirmBtn'); // "Show the dialog" button opens the modally showButton.addEventListener('click', () => { favDialog.showModal(); }); // "Favorite animal" input sets the value of the submit button selectEl.addEventListener('change', (e) => { confirmBtn.value = selectEl.value; }); // "Confirm" button of form triggers "close" on dialog because of [method="dialog"] favDialog.addEventListener('close', () => { outputBox.value = `ReturnValue: ${favDialog.returnValue}.`; }); Tweet us your tasty treats

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