Dialog element

Method of easily creating custom dialog boxes to display to the user with modal or non-modal options. Also includes a ::backdrop pseudo-element for behind the element.

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/forms.html#the-dialog-element
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95 ^(1,4)	97
		94 ^(1,4)	96	TP
11	95	93 ^(1,4)	95	15	80
10	94	92 ^(1,4)	94	14.1	79
9	93	91 ^(1,4)	93	14	78
8	92	90 ^(1,4)	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89 ^(1,4)	91	13	76
6	90	88 ^(1,4)	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87 ^(1,4)	89	12	74
	88	86 ^(1,4)	88	11.1	73
	87	85 ^(1,4)	87	11	72
	86	84 ^(1,4)	86	10.1	71
	85	83 ^(1,4)	85	10	70
	84	82 ^(1,4)	84	9.1	69
	83	81 ^(1,4)	83	9	68
	81	80 ^(1,4)	81	8	67
	80	79 ⁽¹⁾	80	7.1	66
	79	78 ⁽¹⁾	79	7	65
	18	77 ⁽¹⁾	78	6.1	64
	17	76 ⁽¹⁾	77	6	63
	16	75 ⁽¹⁾	76	5.1	62
	15	74 ⁽¹⁾	75	5	60
	14	73 ⁽¹⁾	74	4	58
	13	72 ⁽¹⁾	73	3.2	57
	12	71 ⁽¹⁾	72	3.1	56
		70 ⁽¹⁾	71		55
		69 ⁽¹⁾	70		54
		68 ⁽¹⁾	69		53
		67 ⁽¹⁾	68		52
		66 ⁽¹⁾	67		51
		65 ⁽¹⁾	66		50
		64 ⁽¹⁾	65		49
		63 ⁽¹⁾	64		48
		62 ⁽¹⁾	63		47
		61 ⁽¹⁾	62		46
		60 ⁽¹⁾	61		45
		59 ⁽¹⁾	60		44
		58 ⁽¹⁾	59		43
		57 ⁽¹⁾	58		42
		56 ⁽¹⁾	57		41
		55 ⁽¹⁾	56		40
		54 ⁽¹⁾	55		39
		53 ⁽¹⁾	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23 ⁽³⁾
		37	38		22 ⁽³⁾
		36	37		21 ⁽³⁾
		35	36 ⁽²⁾		20 ⁽³⁾
		34	35 ⁽²⁾		19 ⁽³⁾
		33	34 ⁽²⁾		18
		32	33 ⁽²⁾		17
		31	32 ⁽²⁾		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22	23		10.5
		21	22		10.0-10.1
		20	21		9.5-9.6
		19	20		9
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94	92 ⁽¹⁾	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Supported in Firefox by enabling dom.dialog_element.enabled in about:config
Enabled through the "Experimental Web Platform features" flag in chrome://flags
Enabled through the "Experimental Web Platform features" flag in opera://flags
Enabled by default in Firefox Nightly only

Bugs

Resources

Polyfill

Data by caniuse.com
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
https://caniuse.com/dialog