HTML Element: <dialog>
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The HTML <dialog> element indicates a
dialog box or window. It simplifies the creation of popup dialogs, but is not
currently supported by all major browsers.
The attributes it can take
(other than HTML
global attributes and HTML event attributes)
include:
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Attribute
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Description
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More
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open
|
Whether details should
be visible (i.e. open) to user
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Here
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To create or access such
an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods. The default style applicable to this element is
shown here.
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<dialog>dialog box</dialog>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("DIALOG");
x.textContent = "dialog box";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("dialog box");
// x.appendChild(txt);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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