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Created February 26, 2015 22:52
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Modal overlay created using CSS outline property.
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modal-with-outline-overlay.css
.modal {
background: black;
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
height: 200px;
left: 50%;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, 50%);
width: 200px;
/* create background "overlay" */
outline: 9999px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
z-index: 1;
}
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rupl commented Jun 6, 2018

love it!!! independently came up with today and I dig it for a few reasons:

  • The overlay is always present when the modal is visible
  • The outline allows clicks to pass through, which can be combined with a document listener to close the modal when the target wasn't inside the modal itself
  • scroll area isn't affected by size of outline

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