dqn/hook-modal

React Hook for making modals accessible

hook-modal

⚠️ Warning: This package is no longer maintained. Please use @radix-ui/react-dialog instead.

React Hook for making modal accessible.

Installation

Using yarn:

$ yarn add hook-modal

Using npm:

$ npm install hook-modal

Usage

import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
import { useModal } from "hook-modal";
import classes from "./Modal.module.css";

const Modal = ({
  isOpen,
  onClose,
  "aria-labelledby": ariaLabelledby,
  "aria-describedby": ariaDescribedby,
  children,
}) => {
  const props = useModal({ isOpen, onClose });

  if (!isOpen) {
    return null;
  }

  return createPortal(
    <div className={classes.overlay}>
      <div
        {...props}
        aria-labelledby={ariaLabelledby}
        aria-describedby={ariaDescribedby}
        className={classes.content}
      >
        {children}
      </div>
    </div>,
    document.body,
  );
};

Options

name	type	required	description	default
isOpen	boolean	required	Set to true if the modal is open	-
onClose	() => void	required	Callback function to close the modal	-
closeOnEsc	boolean	optional	If true, close the modal on Esc key pressed	true
closeOnOutsideClick	boolean	optional	If true, close the modal on outside clicked	true

Accessibility

• Set role="dialog" and aria-modal="true" attributes to modal element
• When modal is opened, focus the first focusable element in the modal
• While modal is open, non-modal elements are marked with aria-hidden="true"
• While modal is open, scrolling of non-modal elements is disabled
• While modal is open, focus is trapped in modal
• Pressing the Esc key closes the modal
• Clicking outside the modal closes the modal
• Closing the modal returns focus to the element that was in focus before the modal was opened

License

MIT