A small, self-contained JavaScript modal library
- Small: At just over 1.6kb, its small and easily embeddable
- No Library Dependencies: PicoModal does not depend on any JS libraries, so you can use it in places where you don't have access to one.
- Self-contained: No extra CSS or images required
- Simple: The interface is easy to use
- Customizable: Its easy to apply your own styling
The latest version of PicoModal is available here: Download
IE7+, Chrome, FireFox, Safari and Opera
If all you want to do is display a modal, it's as easy as this: (Run this code)
picoModal("Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots.");
For more control over the behaviour of the modal, you can pass in a settings object: (Run this code)
picoModal({
content: "Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots.",
overlayStyles: {
backgroundColor: "#169",
opacity: 0.75
}
});
A full list of settings is documented below.
If you need to be able to programatically close the modal you can do it like this: (Run this code)
var modal = picoModal(
"<p>Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots.<p>"
+ "<p><a href='#' class='dismiss'>Dismiss</a></p>"
);
document.getElementsByClassName("dismiss")[0].onclick = function () {
modal.close();
};
You can also attach an event to fire when the modal is closed: (Run this code)
var modal = picoModal(
"Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots."
);
modal.onClose(function () {
alert("Closed");
});
To disable the close button, and instead just rely on someone clicking outside of the modal, you can do this: (Run this code)
picoModal({
content: "Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots.",
closeButton: false
});
Or, to disable closing when someone clicks outside of the modal, you can do this: (Run this code)
picoModal({
content: "Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots.",
overlayClose: false
});
To use custom HTML for the close button, do this: (Run this code)
picoModal({
content: "Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots.",
closeHtml: "<span>Close</span>",
closeStyles: {
position: "absolute", top: "-10px", right: "-10px",
background: "#eee", padding: "5px 10px", cursor: "pointer",
borderRadius: "5px", border: "1px solid #ccc"
}
});
The following settings are available:
- content: The data to display to the user
- width: The forced width of the modal
- closeButton: Boolean whether to display the close button
- closeHtml: Custom HTML content for the close button
- closeStyles: A hash of CSS properties to apply to the close button
- overlayClose: Boolean whether a click on the shadow should close the modal
- overlayStyles: A hash of additional CSS properties to apply to the overlay behind the modal
- modalStyles: A hash of additional CSS properties to apply to the modal element
The following properties are available on the object returned by picoModal:
- modalElem: A reference to the modal DOM element
- closeElem: A reference to the close DOM element
- overlayElem: A reference to the overlay DOM element
- close: A function to close the modal
- onClose: A function that registers a callback to invoke when the modal is closed
PicoModal is released under the MIT License, which is pretty spiffy. You should have received a copy of the MIT License along with this program. If not, see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php