micromodal/Micromodal

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Micromodal.js is a tiny (~1.8kb), dependency-free JavaScript library for creating accessible modal dialogs that comply with WAI-ARIA guidelines. It handles aria attribute toggling, focus trapping, escape/overlay closing, and focus restoration with minimal configuration.

Use cases

• add accessible modal dialogs to a website
• trap keyboard focus inside a modal
• make modals screen-reader friendly with aria attributes
• close dialogs on escape key or overlay click
• support nested modals in vanilla javascript
• add modals without a heavy framework or dependencies

When to choose

• you need WAI-ARIA compliant modals in a plain JavaScript or framework-free project
• bundle size matters and you want a sub-2kb solution
• you want focus trapping and focus restoration handled for you out of the box
• you need nested modal support with minimal configuration

When to avoid

• your framework already provides a built-in accessible dialog component (e.g. Radix, Headless UI)
• you need highly complex modal workflows like multi-step wizards with state management
• you require IE11 support without adding the suggested polyfill
• you need a full component library rather than a single-purpose modal utility

Facets

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ui-components accessibility frontend-framework web-development frontend accessibility browser cross-platform modal-dialogs vanilla-javascript wai-aria focus-trap dependency-free tiny-footprint javascript

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