Popover vs Dialog
March 17, 2025
Popovers and dialogs are similar in many ways. That’s particularly the case since HTML introduced the closedby attribute for the dialog element, enabling light-dismiss functionality. So how are they different? A dialog can be modal or non-modal, whereas a popover is never modal*. Let’s compare both kinds of dialog to the popover API.
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We’ve covered the popover API and dialog element here recently a fair bit. But how are they similar, and different? Ollie Williams goes into detail.
