- From: Sean Hogan <shogun70@westnet.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:50:15 +1000
On 5/04/12 2:39 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Sean Hogan<shogun70 at westnet.com.au> wrote: >> On 5/04/12 2:15 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >>> Both of your examples would be done by using elements that are >>> children of the<dialog>, and perhaps just positioned explicitly >>> somewhere. >> That doesn't sound like a good solution, but maybe I'm misunderstanding. >> >> Look at my blog: >> >> http://meekostuff.net/blog/ >> >> At the bottom is a simple site menu. If you click on the "contact" link it >> pops up a dialog with a backdrop that covers the whole page... except for >> the site menu. The dialog can be hidden by a "close" link in the dialog, OR >> by clicking the "contact" link again. > I'm not 100% certain, but I suspect this isn't doable with<dialog > modal>, because that's not a modal dialog. It's a normal dialog; you > just happen to be using a similar visual effect (darkening the rest of > the page) as what modal dialogs typically do, presumably so as to > focus attention on the dialog. No, it uses a backdrop to cover the content of the page so that it becomes non-interactive. It's just the bottom menu that doesn't lose interactivity, because it has a higher z-index. Will non-modal `<dialog>` have a backdrop? Sean
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