anderpos / simple-dialog

A simple modal dialog, using only Vanilla JavaScript

simple-dialog

A simple modal dialog reusable component, using only Vanilla JavaScript. No frameworks or external libraries. The modal returns a promise which will give the option that the user chose. True if the user accepted, false if the user clicked cancel and null if the user closed the modal window.

The modal constructor accepts four parameters: the modal window title text, the modal window main text and the text for the accept and cancel buttons. Default values are used if the parameters are not provided.

Since this component uses modern JavaScript, it should be compiled using Babel before deploying for older browsers.

Usage

Import simple-modal.css and simple-modal.js

<link rel="stylesheet" href="simple-modal.css">
<script src="simple-modal.js"></script>

Declare a function that will be called by the button, to handle the promise.

<script>
  async function openModal() {
    this.myModal = new SimpleModal();

    try {
      const modalResponse = await myModal.question();
      alert(`The response is ${modalResponse}`);
    } catch(err) {
      console.log(err);
    }
  }
</script>

The index.html file provides an usage example.

License

MIT