# HTML popover Attribute

DevFeed: [HTML popover Attribute](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/html-popover-attribute-37485.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://davidwalsh.name/html-popover-attribute>)

Author: David Walsh

Published: 2024-04-15T11:19:02Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [David Walsh](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/david-walsh.md>)

Topics: [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>)

Tags: [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [css-html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css-html5.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to create a native HTML modal with the popover attribute, using a trigger attribute and an element to identify the popover content. It also shows how CSS can style the modal's background layer.

## Source excerpt

Modals have been an important part of websites for two decades. Stacking contents and using fetch to accomplish tasks are a great way to improve UX on both desktop and mobile. Unfortunately most developers don't know that the HTML and JavaScript specs have implemented a native modal system via the popover attribute -- let's check [...] The post HTML popover Attribute appeared first on David Walsh Blog.