@justeattakeaway/pie-modal

@justeattakeaway/pie-modal

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@justeattakeaway/pie-modal is a Web Component built using the Lit library. It offers a simple and accessible modal component for web applications.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Documentation
  • Properties
  • Slots
  • CSS Variables
  • CSS Parts
  • Events
• Legacy browser support
• Usage Examples
• Accessibility
  • The <dialog> element
  • Focus management
• Questions and Support
• Contributing

Installation

To install any of our web components in your application, we would suggest following the getting started guide to set up your project.

Ideally, you should install the component using the @justeattakeaway/pie-webc package, which includes all of the components. Or you can install the individual component package.

Documentation

Properties

Prop	Options	Description	Default
aria	—	An object representing the aria labels for the close and back buttons within the modal as well as the isLoading state labels (aria-label & aria-busy).	—
hasBackButton	true, false	If true, the modal includes a back button which closes the modal when clicked.	false
hasStackedActions	true, false	If true, the action buttons will be stacked (full width) at narrow breakpoints.	false
heading	—	The heading text of the modal.	—
headingLevel	h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6	The HTML tag to use for the modal's heading.	h2
isDismissible	true, false	If true, the modal includes a close button and can be dismissed by clicking on the backdrop or pressing the Esc key.	false
isHeadingEmphasised	true, false	If true, the modal heading will be displayed in an emphasised style.	false
isFooterPinned	true, false	When false, the modal footer will scroll with the content inside the modal body.	true
isFullWidthBelowMid	true, false	If true and the page is narrower than the mid breakpoint, a medium-sized modal will take up the full width of the screen.	false
isLoading	true, false	When true, displays a loading spinner in the modal.	false
isOpen	true, false	Controls if the modal element is open or closed.	false
leadingAction.text	—	The text to display inside the leading action button. The button won't render without this.	—
leadingAction.variant	See pie-button's variants	The variant of the leading action button.	"primary"
supportingAction.text	—	The text to display inside the supporting action button. The button won't render without this.	—
supportingAction.variant	See pie-button's variants	The variant of the supporting action button.	"ghost"
position	"center", "top"	The position of the modal; this controls where it will appear on the page.	"center"
returnFocusAfterCloseSelector	—	If provided, focus will be sent to the first element that matches this selector when the modal is closed. If not provided, the dialog element will return focus to the element that opened the modal.	—
size	"small", "medium", "large"	Determines the maximum width of the modal. Large modals will expand to fill the entire page at narrow viewports.	"medium"
backgroundColor	"default", "subtle", "brand-01", "brand-02", "brand-03", "brand-03-subtle", "brand-04", "brand-04-subtle", "brand-05", "brand-05-subtle", "brand-06", "brand-06-subtle", "brand-08", "brand-08-subtle"	Sets the background color for the modal.	"default"
imageSlotMode	"image", "illustration"	This property controls if and how the image slot will display its content. "image" will display the slot content in a rectangle, covering the entire width of the modal, while "illustration" will display the slot content inside a square container. If not specified it will not display the image slot content.	—
imageSlotAspectRatio	"small", "medium", "large"	If the imageSlotMode is set to image, this property controls the aspect ratio of the image container. The aspect ratios are for narrow breakpoints: "small" : 3:1, "medium" : 16:9, "large" : 4:3, and for wide breakpoints: "small" : 4:1, "medium" : 3:1, "large" : 21:9.	"medium"

Slots

Slot	Description
default	The default slot is used to pass content into the modal component.
image	Used to pass optional content to the modal component image area.
headerContent	Used to pass additional content to the modal header that scrolls with the heading and controls.
footer	Used to pass optional content to the modal component footer area.

Slots display order

The order of content rendering is as follows:

• image slot (if provided)
• Modal header (including heading prop and headerContent slot, if provided)
• default slot (main content of the modal)
• footer slot (if provided)

Image Slot Guidelines

The image slot is designed to accommodate various types of visual content, such as images or illustrations. When using the image slot, please ensure the content is appropriately styled to fit within one of the imageSlotMode. The image slot can handle any type of content, such as IMG tags, SVGs, or other HTML elements. Animations or videos can be used, however be cautious about performance implications.

CSS Variables

This component does not expose any CSS variables for style overrides.

CSS Parts

Part	Description
heading	This part allows consumers to fully rewrite the styles of the heading element.

Events

Event	Type	Description
pie-modal-open	CustomEvent	Triggered when the modal is opened.
pie-modal-close	CustomEvent	Triggered when the modal is closed.
pie-modal-back	CustomEvent	Triggered when the modal back button is clicked.
pie-modal-leading-action-click	CustomEvent	Triggered when the modal leading action is clicked.
pie-modal-supporting-action-click	CustomEvent	Triggered when the modal supporting action is clicked.

Legacy browser support

pie-modal uses the Dialog element which might not be supported by legacy browsers.

To support them, pie-modal uses the dialog-polyfill package. It works automatically and doesn't need any setup.

The polyfill comes with a few limitations, as noted on its documentation page:

Dialogs should not be contained by parents that create a stacking context

• The browser's chrome may not always be accessible via the tab key
• Changes to the CSS top/bottom values while open aren't retained
• For more details, check the package documentation mentioned above.

Usage Examples

For HTML:

// import as module into a js file e.g. main.js
import '@justeattakeaway/pie-webc/components/modal.js'

<!-- pass js file into <script> tag -->
<pie-modal heading='My Awesome Heading' headingLevel='h3'>Click me!</pie-modal>
<script type="module" src="/main.js"></script>

With a custom footer slot:

<pie-modal heading='My Awesome Heading' headingLevel='h3'>
  <p>Click me!</p>
  <div slot="footer">
    <p>Custom footer content!</p>
  </div>
</pie-modal>

With a custom header content slot:

<pie-modal heading='My Awesome Heading' headingLevel='h3'>
  <div slot="headerContent">
    <p>Custom header content!</p>
  </div>
  <!-- The default slot -->
  <p>Click me!</p>
</pie-modal>

For Native JS Applications, Vue, Angular, Svelte etc.:

// Vue templates (using Nuxt 3)
import '@justeattakeaway/pie-webc/components/modal.js';

<pie-modal heading="My Awesome Heading" headingLevel="h3">Click me!</pie-modal>

For React Applications:

import { PieModal } from '@justeattakeaway/pie-webc/react/modal.js';

<PieModal heading='My Awesome Heading' headingLevel='h3'>Click me!</PieModal>

Accessibility

The <dialog> element

The Modal component is built using an html <dialog> element. This element provides some nice accessibility features out of the box. More can be learned here. Perhaps the most important to know is that it will make all content outside of the modal inaccessible to the keyboard and screen readers. What the <dialog> does not provide is a circular focus trap. Instead, users can tab/keyboard navigate outside of the web page to access browser controls. Circular focus traps, i.e. going back to the first focusable element inside of the modal after reaching the last, are not a pattern we currently support, as this goes against the build-in behaviour of the element.

Focus management

By default, the <dialog> element will automatically focus the first focusable element inside of it when opened. Because our Modal can have close and back buttons, these will likely receive focus when opening the modal. To circumvent this, we would suggest using the autofocus attribute on the first element you'd like to receive focus when the modal opens. Please be aware that Safari does not support the autofocus attribute, so you may need to manage focus manually in this browser.

Questions and Support

If you work at Just Eat Takeaway.com, please contact us on #help-designsystem. Otherwise, please raise an issue on Github.

Contributing

Check out our contributing guide for more information on local development and how to run specific component tests.