Native HTML <dialog> Element

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Design System

Comprehensive component library with accessibility built-in.

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Animation Library

Motion primitives respecting prefers-reduced-motion.

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Data Visualization

Interactive charts with keyboard navigation support.

Feature	CSS :target	Vanilla JS	<dialog>
Focus Trap	✗	✓ Manual	✓ Native
Escape to Close	✗	✓ Manual	✓ Native
Backdrop	✓ Manual	✓ Manual	✓ Native
Top Layer (above z-index)	✗	✗	✓ Native
Return Focus	✗	✓ Manual	⚠ Manual
No JavaScript	✓	✗	✗
Browser Support	All	All	Modern*

HTML Structure
							
								<!-- Native dialog element -->
								<
								dialog
								id
								=
								"my-dialog"
								> <
								form
								method
								=
								"dialog"
								> <
								h2
								>Dialog Title</
								h2
								> <
								p
								>Content here...</
								p
								>
								<!-- form method="dialog" auto-closes -->
								<
								button
								value
								=
								"close"
								>Close</
								button
								> </
								form
								> </
								dialog
								>
							
						

JavaScript Methods
							
								const
								dialog = document.
								getElementById
								(
								'my-dialog'
								);

								// Open as modal (with backdrop)
								dialog.
								showModal
								();

								// Open non-modal (no backdrop)
								dialog.
								show
								();

								// Close
								dialog.
								close
								();

								// Listen for close
								dialog.
								addEventListener
								(
								'close'
								, () => { console.
								log
								(
								'Dialog closed'
								); });
							
						

CSS Styling
							
								/* Style the backdrop */
								dialog::backdrop
								{
								background
								:
								rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)
								;
								backdrop-filter
								:
								blur(4px)
								; }

								/* Animate open state */
								dialog[open]
								{
								animation
								:
								fadeIn 0.3s ease
								; }

								@keyframes fadeIn
								{
								from
								{
								opacity
								:
								0
								; }
								to
								{
								opacity
								:
								1
								; } }
							
						