Dialog

Dialog is a container to display content in an overlay window.

Import #


import { DialogModule } from 'primeng/dialog';

Basic #

Dialog is used as a container and visibility is controlled with visible property.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" label="Show" />
<p-dialog header="Edit Profile" [modal]="true" [(visible)]="visible" [style]="{ width: '25rem' }">
    <span class="p-text-secondary block mb-8">Update your information.</span>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-4">
        <label for="username" class="font-semibold w-24">Username</label>
        <input pInputText id="username" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-8">
        <label for="email" class="font-semibold w-24">Email</label>
        <input pInputText id="email" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex justify-end gap-2">
        <p-button label="Cancel" severity="secondary" (click)="visible = false" />
        <p-button label="Save" (click)="visible = false" />
    </div>
</p-dialog>

Template #

Dialog can be customized using header and footer templates.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" label="Show" />
<p-dialog [(visible)]="visible" [modal]="true" [style]="{ width: '25rem' }">
    <ng-template #header>
        <div class="inline-flex items-center justify-center gap-2">
            <p-avatar image="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/avatar/amyelsner.png" shape="circle" />
            <span class="font-bold whitespace-nowrap">Amy Elsner</span>
        </div>
    </ng-template>
    <span class="text-surface-500 dark:text-surface-400 block mb-8">Update your information.</span>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-4">
        <label for="username" class="font-semibold w-24">Username</label>
        <input pInputText id="username" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-2">
        <label for="email" class="font-semibold w-24">Email</label>
        <input pInputText id="email" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <ng-template #footer>
        <p-button label="Cancel" [text]="true" severity="secondary" (click)="visible = false" />
        <p-button label="Save" [outlined]="true" severity="secondary" (click)="visible = false" />
    </ng-template>
</p-dialog>

Position #

The position property is used to display a Dialog at all edges and corners of the screen.


<div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2 mb-2">
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('left')" icon="pi pi-arrow-right" label="Left" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('right')" icon="pi pi-arrow-left" label="Right" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
</div>
<div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2 mb-2">
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('topleft')" icon="pi pi-arrow-down-right" label="TopLeft" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('top')" icon="pi pi-arrow-down" label="Top" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('topright')" icon="pi pi-arrow-down-left" label="TopRight" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
</div>
<div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2">
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('bottomleft')" icon="pi pi-arrow-up-right" label="BottomLeft" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('bottom')" icon="pi pi-arrow-up" label="Bottom" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
    <p-button (click)="showDialog('bottomright')" icon="pi pi-arrow-up-left" label="BottomRight" severity="secondary" styleClass="min-w-40" />
</div>
<p-dialog header="Edit Profile" [modal]="true" [(visible)]="visible" [position]="position" [style]="{ width: '25rem' }">
    <span class="text-surface-500 dark:text-surface-400 block mb-8">Update your information.</span>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-4">
        <label for="username" class="font-semibold w-24">Username</label>
        <input pInputText id="username" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-8">
        <label for="email" class="font-semibold w-24">Email</label>
        <input pInputText id="email" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex justify-end gap-2">
        <p-button label="Cancel" severity="secondary" (click)="visible = false" />
        <p-button label="Save" (click)="visible = false" />
    </div>
</p-dialog>

Maximizable #

Setting maximizable property to true enables the full screen mode.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" label="Show" />
<p-dialog header="Header" [modal]="true" [(visible)]="visible" [style]="{ width: '50rem' }" [breakpoints]="{ '1199px': '75vw', '575px': '90vw' }" [maximizable]="true">
    <p>
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
    </p>
</p-dialog>

Long Content #

Dialog automatically displays a scroller when content exceeds viewport.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" label="Show" />
<p-dialog header="Header" [modal]="true" [(visible)]="visible" [style]="{ width: '50rem' }" [breakpoints]="{ '1199px': '75vw', '575px': '90vw' }">
    <p class="mb-8">
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
    </p>
    <p class="mb-8">
        "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium...
    </p>
    <p class="mb-8">
        At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos...
    </p>
    <p class="mb-8">
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit...
    </p>
    <p class="mb-8">
        "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium...
    </p>
    <p>
        At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos...
    </p>
</p-dialog>

Without Modal #

Mask layer behind the Dialog is configured with the modal property. By default, no modal layer is added.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" label="Show" />
<p-dialog header="Edit Profile" [(visible)]="visible" [style]="{ width: '25rem' }">
    <span class="p-text-secondary block mb-8">Update your information.</span>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-4">
        <label for="username" class="font-semibold w-24">Username</label>
        <input pInputText id="username" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-8">
        <label for="email" class="font-semibold w-24">Email</label>
        <input pInputText id="email" class="flex-auto" autocomplete="off" />
    </div>
    <div class="flex justify-end gap-2">
        <p-button label="Cancel" severity="secondary" (click)="visible = false" />
        <p-button label="Save" (click)="visible = false" />
    </div>
</p-dialog>

Responsive #

Dialog width can be adjusted per screen size with the breakpoints option where a key defines the max-width for the breakpoint and value for the corresponding width. When no breakpoint matches width defined in style property is used.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" label="Show" />
<p-dialog header="Header" [(visible)]="visible" [modal]="true" [breakpoints]="{ '1199px': '75vw', '575px': '90vw' }" [style]="{ width: '50vw' }" [draggable]="false" [resizable]="false">
    <p>
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
    </p>
</p-dialog>

Headless #

Headless mode allows you to customize the entire user interface instead of the default elements.


<p-button (click)="showDialog()" icon="pi pi-user" label="Login" />
<p-dialog maskStyleClass="backdrop-blur-sm" [(visible)]="visible" styleClass="!border-0 !bg-transparent">
    <ng-template #headless>
        <div
            class="flex flex-col px-8 py-8 gap-6 rounded-2xl"
            style="border-radius: 12px; background-image: radial-gradient(circle at left top, var(--p-primary-400), var(--p-primary-700))"
        >
            <svg
                width="31"
                height="33"
                viewBox="0 0 31 33"
                fill="none"
                xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                class="block mx-auto"
            >
                <path
                    d="..."
                    fill="var(--p-primary-color)"
                />
            </svg>
            <div class="inline-flex flex-col gap-2">
                <label for="username" class="text-primary-50 font-semibold">Username</label>
                <input pInputText id="username" class="!bg-white/20 !border-0 !p-4 !text-primary-50 w-80" />
            </div>
            <div class="inline-flex flex-col gap-2">
                <label for="password" class="text-primary-50 font-semibold">Password</label>
                <input
                    pInputText
                    id="password"
                    class="!bg-white/20 !border-0 !p-4 !text-primary-50 w-80"
                    type="password"
                />
            </div>
            <div class="flex items-center gap-4">
                <p-button
                    label="Cancel"
                    (click)="closeDialog()"
                    [text]="true"
                    styleClass="!p-4 w-full !text-primary-50 !border !border-white/30 hover:!bg-white/10"
                    class="w-full"
                />
                <p-button
                    label="Sign-In"
                    (click)="closeDialog()"
                    [text]="true"
                    styleClass="!p-4 w-full !text-primary-50 !border !border-white/30 hover:!bg-white/10"
                    class="w-full"
                />
            </div>
        </div>
    </ng-template>
</p-dialog>

Accessibility #

Screen Reader

Dialog component uses dialog role along with aria-labelledby referring to the header element however any attribute is passed to the root element so you may use aria-labelledby to override this default behavior. In addition aria-modal is added since focus is kept within the popup.

It is recommended to use a trigger component that can be accessed with keyboard such as a button, if not adding tabIndex would be necessary.

Trigger element also requires aria-expanded and aria-controls to be handled explicitly.

Close element is a button with an aria-label that refers to the aria.close property of the locale API by default, you may usecloseButtonProps to customize the element and override the default aria-label.


<p-button icon="pi pi-external-link" (click)="visible = true" aria-controls="{{visible ? 'dialog' : null}}" aria-expanded="{{visible ? true : false}}" />

<p-dialog id="dialog" header="Header" [(visible)]="visible" [style]="{ width: '50vw' }" (onHide)="visible = false">
    <p>Content</p>
</p-dialog>

Overlay Keyboard Support

Key	Function
tab	Moves focus to the next the focusable element within the dialog.
shift + tab	Moves focus to the previous the focusable element within the dialog.
escape	Closes the dialog if closeOnEscape is true.

Close Button Keyboard Support

Key	Function
enter	Closes the dialog.
space	Closes the dialog.

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name	type	default	description
header	string	null	Title text of the dialog.
draggable	boolean	true	Enables dragging to change the position using header.
resizable	boolean	true	Enables resizing of the content.
contentStyle	any	null	Style of the content section.
contentStyleClass	string	null	Style class of the content.
modal	boolean	false	Defines if background should be blocked when dialog is displayed.
closeOnEscape	boolean	true	Specifies if pressing escape key should hide the dialog.
dismissableMask	boolean	false	Specifies if clicking the modal background should hide the dialog.
rtl	boolean	false	When enabled dialog is displayed in RTL direction.
closable	boolean	true	Adds a close icon to the header to hide the dialog.
breakpoints	any	null	Object literal to define widths per screen size.
styleClass	string	null	Style class of the component.
maskStyleClass	string	null	Style class of the mask.
maskStyle	{ [klass: string]: any }	null	Style of the mask.
showHeader	boolean	true	Whether to show the header or not.
blockScroll	boolean	false	Whether background scroll should be blocked when dialog is visible.
autoZIndex	boolean	true	Whether to automatically manage layering.
baseZIndex	number	0	Base zIndex value to use in layering.
minX	number	0	Minimum value for the left coordinate of dialog in dragging.
minY	number	0	Minimum value for the top coordinate of dialog in dragging.
focusOnShow	boolean	true	When enabled, first focusable element receives focus on show.
maximizable	boolean	false	Whether the dialog can be displayed full screen.
keepInViewport	boolean	true	Keeps dialog in the viewport.
focusTrap	boolean	true	When enabled, can only focus on elements inside the dialog.
transitionOptions	string	150ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)	Transition options of the animation.
closeIcon	string	null	Name of the close icon.
closeAriaLabel	string	null	Defines a string that labels the close button for accessibility.
closeTabindex	string	0	Index of the close button in tabbing order.
minimizeIcon	string	null	Name of the minimize icon.
maximizeIcon	string	null	Name of the maximize icon.
closeButtonProps	ButtonProps	...	Used to pass all properties of the ButtonProps to the Button component.
maximizeButtonProps	ButtonProps	...	Used to pass all properties of the ButtonProps to the Button component.
visible	boolean	null	Specifies the visibility of the dialog.
style	any	null	Inline style of the component.
position	"right" \| "left" \| "top" \| "bottom" \| "center" \| "topleft" \| "bottomleft" \| "topright" \| "bottomright"	null	Position of the dialog.
appendTo	InputSignal<any>	'self'	Target element to attach the overlay, valid values are "body" or a local ng-template variable of another element (note: use binding with brackets for template variables, e.g. [appendTo]="mydiv" for a div element having #mydiv as variable name).
headerTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Header template.
contentTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Content template.
footerTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Footer template.
closeIconTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Close icon template.
maximizeIconTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Maximize icon template.
minimizeIconTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Minimize icon template.
headlessTemplate	TemplateRef<any>	null	Headless template.

name	parameters	description
role	value :	Role attribute of html element.
onShow	value : any	Callback to invoke when dialog is shown.
onHide	value : any	Callback to invoke when dialog is hidden.
visibleChange	value : boolean	This EventEmitter is used to notify changes in the visibility state of a component.
onResizeInit	event : MouseEvent	Callback to invoke when dialog resizing is initiated.
onResizeEnd	event : MouseEvent	Callback to invoke when dialog resizing is completed.
onDragEnd	event : DragEvent	Callback to invoke when dialog dragging is completed.
onMaximize	value : any	Callback to invoke when dialog maximized or unmaximized.

name	parameters	description
header		Custom template of header.
content		Custom template of content.
footer		Custom template of footer.
closeicon		Custom template of closeicon.
maximizeicon		Custom template of maximizeicon.
minimizeicon		Custom template of minimizeicon.

class	description
p-dialog-mask	Class name of the mask element
p-dialog	Class name of the root element
p-dialog-header	Class name of the header element
p-dialog-title	Class name of the title element
p-dialog-header-actions	Class name of the header actions element
p-dialog-maximize-button	Class name of the maximize button element
p-dialog-close-button	Class name of the close button element
p-dialog-content	Class name of the content element
p-dialog-footer	Class name of the footer element

name	token	variable	description
dialog.root.background	dialog.background	--p-dialog-background	Background of root
dialog.root.borderColor	dialog.border.color	--p-dialog-border-color	Border color of root
dialog.root.color	dialog.color	--p-dialog-color	Color of root
dialog.root.borderRadius	dialog.border.radius	--p-dialog-border-radius	Border radius of root
dialog.root.shadow	dialog.shadow	--p-dialog-shadow	Shadow of root
dialog.header.padding	dialog.header.padding	--p-dialog-header-padding	Padding of header
dialog.header.gap	dialog.header.gap	--p-dialog-header-gap	Gap of header
dialog.title.fontSize	dialog.title.font.size	--p-dialog-title-font-size	Font size of title
dialog.title.fontWeight	dialog.title.font.weight	--p-dialog-title-font-weight	Font weight of title
dialog.content.padding	dialog.content.padding	--p-dialog-content-padding	Padding of content
dialog.footer.padding	dialog.footer.padding	--p-dialog-footer-padding	Padding of footer
dialog.footer.gap	dialog.footer.gap	--p-dialog-footer-gap	Gap of footer

Dialog

Import #

Basic #

Template #

Position #

Maximizable #

Long Content #

Without Modal #

Responsive #

Headless #

Accessibility #

Screen Reader

Overlay Keyboard Support

Close Button Keyboard Support

Dialog API

Dialog #

Properties #

Emitters #

Templates #

Dialog Theming

CSS Classes #

Dialog Design Tokens #

Built-in Presets #

Preset	Implementation	Types
Aura	Aura	Aura
Lara	Lara	Lara
Nora	Nora	Nora
Material	Material	Material