Best Practices for Modals / Overlays / Dialog Windows

New Things: The translucent background in the article really inspired me, like grabbing the user’s attention, inquiring user input, showing additional information in context or not. Though we always see overlays in daily website, when first learning overlays in Javascript, it is hard to think about where to use it. It is also very useful to think about overlays usage such as Cancel button, Close button, Escape key, Click outside the window. Those smooth transitions can greatly enhance the user’s experience by reducing disorientation.

Best Practices and Reflections: Implementing overlays to enhance accessibility, such as automatically directing the focus to the overlay when opened and restoring it to the originating element upon closure, is crucial. It can be hard to test in different screen size, such as website and mobile. The article provides perfect examples to show where we can use modal window for practice and future web development.

Link to the article: Best Practices for Form Design