@wpmudev/react-modal NPM

SUI React Modal

THIS IS A FORK.

SUI React Modal is based on a forked version of the react-aria-modal package and built according to WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices but ran out of maintenance.

The original package was hard to adapt for this project because of the number of dependencies dispersed across multiple Github repositories (some of which contained bugs that need immediate solutions).

However, being ours a modified version, it does things slightly different:

It drops support for React 15 (and older versions).
It bundles up all the react-aria-modal dependencies into a single package.
It removes the includeDefaultStyles and verticalCenterStyle built-in properties.

Overview

The main idea of this module is to provide a container that will wrap its inner content to present it on a dialog modal. It has the following features while giving the developers complete control of the content:

Trapped Focus: TAB and SHIFT + TAB cycle through the modal's focusable nodes without returning to the main document beneath.
Keyboard Shortcuts: ESC will close the modal.
Background Scroll: Scrolling is disabled on the main document beneath the modal.
ARIA Roles: The roles dialog or alertDialog are assigned depending on the case.
Underlay Mask: Clicking on it will close the modal, although it is possible to disable this through props.

Remember: This modal relies on the styling provided by WPMU DEV's Shared UI.

Installation

npm i @wpmudev/react-modal --save-dev

React Dependency

This requires React 16+

Usage

Just provide the right props (see below) and pass the modal's content as this component's child. However, if the modal needs to be more complex, like a "slider (steps)" or "replace" modal, you can review the demos showcase for a live example and more notes about it.

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from '@wpmudev/react-modal';

const modalContent = () => <p>No, I am your father</p>;

const MyApp = () => (
    <Modal
        dialogId="uniqueId"
		titleText="Accessible title"
		modalContent={ modalContent }
	/>
);

Properties (Props)

Properties like data-* or aria-* pass directly to the modal's container (sui-modal).

dialogID

Type: string

Choose a unique ID for the dialog element.

initialFocus

Type: string

When the modal activates, its first focusable child will receive focus by default. If another specific element should receive initial focus, pass the string selector to this prop.

That selector is passed to document.querySelector() to find the DOM node.