davidtheclark/react-aria-modal

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1036 stars · 94 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A fully accessible and flexible React modal component built according to WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices. It provides an unstyled container that handles focus trapping, Escape-to-close, scroll freezing, focus restoration, and proper ARIA dialog semantics while leaving all styling to the developer.

Use cases

• build an accessible modal dialog in React
• trap keyboard focus inside a modal
• make a dialog screen-reader friendly with ARIA roles
• freeze background scrolling when a modal opens
• return focus to the trigger element after a modal closes
• render a modal into document.body instead of source order

When to choose

• you need WAI-ARIA-compliant modal accessibility out of the box
• you want full control over modal styling with minimal default styles
• you need focus trapping, Escape handling, and focus restoration handled for you

When to avoid

• you want a pre-styled, ready-made modal with polished visuals
• you need a framework other than React
• you need actively maintained software - the project is seeking co-maintainers

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

ui-components accessibility frontend-framework web-development frontend accessibility browser react modal dialog wai-aria focus-trap unstyled-components nodejs javascript

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