# Using and Styling the Dialog Element

DevFeed: [Using and Styling the Dialog Element](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-and-styling-the-dialog-element-4265.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://css-tricks.com/using-and-styling-the-dialog-element/>)

Author: Geoff Graham

Published: 2026-08-07T14:06:43Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CSS-Tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/css-tricks.md>)

Topics: [dialog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dialog.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

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## AI overview

A practical guide to using the native HTML <dialog> element, covering basic markup, opening dialogs with JavaScript, modal behavior, backdrops, focus, closing methods, declarative HTML approaches, and experimental invoker commands.

## Source excerpt

There's a lot of nuance to the <dialog> element, a seemingly little piece of web architecture. I've got some notes from digging into it. Using and Styling the Dialog Element originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.