---
layout: layouts/page.njk
title: Dialog
description: A window overlaid on either the primary window or another dialog window, rendering the content underneath inert.
toc:
  - label: Usage
    id: usage
    children:
      - label: HTML + Javascript
        id: usage-default
      - label: Jinja and Nunjucks
        id: usage-macro
  - label: Examples
    id: examples
    children:
      - label: Scrollable content
        id: example-scrollable-content
---

{% from "macros/code_block.njk" import code_block %}
{% from "macros/code_preview.njk" import code_preview %}
{% from "dialog.njk" import dialog %}

{% set code_html %}
{% set footer %}
  <button class="btn-outline" @click="open = false">Cancel</button>
  <button class="btn" @click="open = false">Save changes</button>
{% endset %}
{% call dialog(
  id="demo-dialog-edit-profile",
  title="Edit profile",
  description="Make changes to your profile here. Click save when you're done.",
  main_attrs={"x-ref": "myDialog"},
  trigger="Edit Profile",
  trigger_attrs={"class": "btn-outline"},
  content_attrs={"class": "w-full sm:max-w-[425px] max-h-[612px]"},
  footer=footer,
  register_on=["alpine:init", "htmx:afterSwap"]
) %}
<form class="form grid gap-4">
  <div class="grid gap-3">
    <label for="demo-dialog-edit-profile-name">Name</label>
    <input type="text" value="Pedro Duarte" id="demo-dialog-edit-profile-name" x-ref="focusOnOpen" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid gap-3">
    <label for="demo-dialog-edit-profile-username">Username</label>
    <input type="text" value="@peduarte" id="demo-dialog-edit-profile-username" />
  </div>
</form>
{% endcall %}
{% endset %}

{% set code_script %}
<script>
{% fetchCode "src/js/dialog.js" %}

document.addEventListener('alpine:init', () => {
  window.basecoat.registerDialog(Alpine);
});
</script>
{% endset %}

{{ code_preview("dialog", code_script | prettyHtml ~ code_html | prettyHtml) }}

<h2 id="usage"><a href="#usage">Usage</a></h2>

<h3 id="usage-default"><a href="#usage-default">HTML + Javascript</a></h3>

<div class="alert my-6">
  {% lucide "circle-alert" %}
  <h2>This component requires Javascript.</h2>
</div>

<section class="prose">
  <p>The component is structured as such:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>A <code>&lt;div class="dialog"&gt;</code> which wraps around the entire component and holds it state (e.g. open/close).</li>
    <li>A <code>&lt;button&gt;</code> that acts as the trigger to open or close the popover.</li>
    <li>A <code>&lt;div role="dialog"&gt;</code> that holds the dialog itself. It also acts as the backdrop for the dialog.</li>
    <li>Inside of it, we have:
      <ul>
        <li>A <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> that contains the title (<code>&lt;h2&gt;</code>) and description (<code>&lt;p&gt;</code>) of the dialog.</li>
        <li>A <code>&lt;section&gt;</code> for the content.</li>
        <li>A <code>&lt;footer&gt;</code> that usually contains actions.</li>
        <li>A close <code>&lt;button&gt;</code>.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>You can include the Javascript code provided below, load it as an individual file or use the CLI. Some Alpine.js properties are also required on certain elements (e.g. <code class="text-xs">x-bind</code>, <code class="text-xs">x-data</code>, <code class="text-xs">@click</code>).</p>
</section>

<div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2 my-6">
  <a class="badge-outline" href="/installation/#install-js">
    Components with Javascript
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="/installation/#install-cli">
    Use the CLI
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/blob/main/src/js/dialog.js" target="_blank">
    Individual JS file (dialog.js)
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
</div>

{% from "tabs.njk" import tabs %}
{% set tabsets = [
  { tab: "HTML", panel: code_block(code_html | prettyHtml, class="") },
  { tab: "Javascipt (Alpine.js)", panel: code_block(code_script | prettyHtml, class="") }
] %}
{{ tabs(id="combobox", tabsets=tabsets) }}

<section class="prose">
  <p>The component will dispatch <code>dialog:opened</code> and <code>dialog:closed</code> events when the dialog is opened or closed. You can also dispatch <code>dialog:open</code> and <code>dialog:close</code> events to open or close the dialog programmatically. You will need the element to have an <code>id</code> to be able to target it (e.g. <code>&lt;div id="my-dialog" class="dialog"&gt;</code>):</p>
</section>

{% set code_dispatch %}<button type="button" x-init @click="$dispatch('dialog:open', { id: 'my-dialog' })">
  Open #my-dialog
</button>{% endset %}
{{ code_block(code_dispatch | prettyHtml, "html") }}

<h3 id="usage-macro"><a href="#usage-macro">Jinja and Nunjucks</a></h3>

<div class="prose">
  <p>You can use the <code class="relative rounded bg-muted px-[0.3rem] py-[0.2rem] font-mono text-xs">dialog()</code> Nunjucks or Jinja macro for this component.</p>
</div>

<div class="flex flex-wrap gap-2 my-6">
  <a class="badge-outline" href="/installation/#install-macros" target="_blank">
    Use Nunjucks or Jinja macros
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/blob/main/src/jinja/dialog.html.jinja" target="_blank">
    Jinja macro
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
  <a class="badge-outline" href="https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/blob/main/src/nunjucks/dialog.njk" target="_blank">
    Nunjucks macro
    {% lucide "arrow-right" %}
  </a>
</div>

{% set raw_code %}{% raw %}{% set footer %}
  <button class="btn-outline" @click="open = false">Cancel</button>
  <button class="btn" @click="open = false">Save changes</button>
{% endset %}
{% call dialog(
  id="demo-dialog-edit-profile",
  title="Edit profile",
  description="Make changes to your profile here. Click save when you're done.",
  main_attrs={"x-ref": "myDialog"},
  trigger="Edit Profile",
  trigger_attrs={"class": "btn-outline"},
  content_attrs={"class": "w-full sm:max-w-[425px] max-h-[612px]"},
  footer=footer,
  register_on=["alpine:init", "htmx:afterSwap"]
) %}
<form class="form grid gap-4">
  <div class="grid gap-3">
    <label for="demo-dialog-edit-profile-name">Name</label>
    <input type="text" value="Pedro Duarte" id="demo-dialog-edit-profile-name" />
  </div>
  <div class="grid gap-3">
    <label for="demo-dialog-edit-profile-username">Username</label>
    <input type="text" value="@peduarte" id="demo-dialog-edit-profile-username" />
  </div>
</form>
{% endcall %}{% endraw %}{% endset%}
{{ code_block(raw_code, "jinja") }}

<h2 id="examples"><a href="#examples">Examples</a></h2>

<h3 id="example-scrollable-content"><a href="#example-scrollable-content">Scrollable content</a></h3>

{% set code %}
{% set footer %}
  <button class="btn-outline" @click="open = false">Close</button>
{% endset %}
{% call dialog(
  id="dialog-example",
  title="Scrollable Content",
  description="This is a dialog with scrollable content.",
  main_attrs={"x-ref": "myDialog"},
  trigger="Scrollable Content",
  trigger_attrs={"class": "btn-outline"},
  content_attrs={"class": "w-full sm:max-w-[425px] max-h-[612px]"},
  content_body_attrs={"class": "overflow-y-auto scrollbar"},
  footer=footer,
  register_on=["alpine:init", "htmx:afterSwap"]
) %}
<div class="space-y-4 text-sm">
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</div>
{% endcall %}
{% endset %}
{{ code_preview("dialog-scrollable-content", code | prettyHtml) }}