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February 23, 2022 11:37 pm GMT

Creating a modal dialog with Alpine.js

This is the second in our series of tutorials on the minimal JavaScript framework Alpine.js. In this tutorial well be creating a modal dialog component similar to the one created with vanilla JavaScript in this tutorial.

For the purposes of this tutorial you can load the framework via CDN as follows:

<script defer src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/cdn.min.js"></script>

First add the following code to the <body> element in your HTML markup:

<body x-data="{'isModalOpen': false}" x-on:keydown.escape="isModalOpen=false">

This stores the modal state (open/closed) using the x-data attribute. Weve also added a x-on attribute thatll trigger when the ESC key is pressed setting the isModalOpen state to false.

To display the modal well again use the x-on attribute on a button element. This will detect when the button has been clicked and set the isModalOpen state to true:

<button x-on:click="isModalOpen = true">Open Modal</button>

Next the code for the modal element:

<div  class="modal"  role="dialog"  tabindex="-1"  x-show="isModalOpen"  x-on:click.away="isModalOpen = false"  x-cloak  x-transition>    <div class="model-inner">      <div class="modal-header">        <h3>Hello World</h3>        <button aria-label="Close" x-on:click="isModalOpen=false"></button>      </div>      <p>        Natus earum velit ab nobis eos. Sed et exercitationem voluptatum omnis        dolor voluptates. Velit ut ipsam sunt ipsam nostrum. Maiores officia        accusamus qui sapiente. Dolor qui vel placeat dolor nesciunt quo dolor        dolores. Quo accusamus hic atque nisi minima.      </p>    </div></div>

Lets take a closer look at the Alpine.js code used here:

  • x-show when isModalOpen equals true this attribute toggles the modal visibility.
  • x-on:click.away detect clicks outside the modal and set the state to false to hide.
  • x-cloak prevents flicker of hidden element on page load requires CSS see below.
  • x-transition default transition to fade and scale an element on reveal.

To complete the HTML part of this tutorial well add an empty <div> thatll be used to apply a semi-transparent overlay over the page content that sits underneath the modal. Using the x-show attribute this only become visible when isModalOpen equals true:

<div class="overlay" x-show="isModalOpen" x-cloak></div>

Now for the CSS starting with the modal itself:

.modal {  display: flex;  visibility: hidden;  align-items: center;  justify-content: center;  position: fixed;  z-index: 10;  width: 100%;  height: 100%;}.model-inner {  background-color: white;  border-radius: 0.5em;  max-width: 600px;  padding: 2em;  margin: auto;}.modal-header {  display: flex;  align-items: center;  justify-content: space-between;  border-bottom: 2px solid black;}

Then for x-cloak to work we must add the following CSS:

[x-cloak] {  display: none !important;}

Finally the CSS for the overlay:

.overlay {  width: 100%;  height: 100%;  position: fixed;  top: 0;  left: 0;  background: black;  opacity: 0.75;}

Thats all for this tutorial. If this was your first time learning about Alpine.js I would recommended reading the official documentation to see the full range of functionality available within the framework.


Original Link: https://dev.to/michaelburrows/creating-a-modal-dialog-with-alpinejs-40ig

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