Tailwind backdrop not applying to dialog element – Dialog

The Solutions:

Solution 1: Using HTMLDialogElement.showModal()

When using the `open` attribute on a <dialog> element, no native backdrop is displayed. To display the backdrop, we need to use the `.showModal()` method on the `HTMLDialogElement` JavaScript representation of the element.

Here’s a code example:

<!– begin snippet: js hide: false console: false babel: true –>

<!– language: lang-js –>

function App() {
const dialog = React.useRef();

React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
dialog.current.showModal();
}, [dialog]);

return (
<dialog className="backdrop:bg-gray-50" ref=>
This is a dialog
</dialog>
);
}
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById(‘app’)).render(<App/>);

<!– language: lang-html –>

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/18.2.0/umd/react.production.min.js" integrity="sha512-8Q6Y9XnTbOE+JNvjBQwJ2H8S+UV4uA6hiRykhdtIyDYZ2TprdNmWOUaKdGzOhyr4dCyk287OejbPvwl7lrfqrQ==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/18.2.0/umd/react-dom.production.min.js" integrity="sha512-MOCpqoRoisCTwJ8vQQiciZv0qcpROCidek3GTFS6KTk2+y7munJIlKCVkFCYY+p3ErYFXCjmFjnfTTRSC1OHWQ==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>

<div id="app"></div>

Content

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Video Explanation:

The following video, titled "Styling a Radix Dialog with Tailwind CSS - YouTube", provides additional insights and in-depth exploration related to the topics discussed in this post.

Learn how to use Tailwind CSS to style a Radix UI Dialog component to match the look and feel of our app! This is Part 1 of a series in ...