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Modals, Popups, Popovers, Lightboxes

Apr 17, 2023 · 29 min
0:00-29:25

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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