A simple responsive and accessible react modal.

• Focus trap inside the modal.
• Centered modals.
• Scrolling modals.
• Multiple modals.
• Accessible modals.
• Easily customizable via props.
• Typescript support
• Small bundle size

Installation

Inside your project directory, install react-responsive-modal by running the following:

npm install react-responsive-modal --save
# Or with yarn
yarn add react-responsive-modal

Usage

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import 'react-responsive-modal/styles.css';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);

  const onOpenModal = () => setOpen(true);
  const onCloseModal = () => setOpen(false);

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={onOpenModal}>Open modal</button>
      <Modal open={open} onClose={onCloseModal} center>
        <h2>Simple centered modal</h2>
        <p>
          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
          pulvinar risus non risus hendrerit venenatis. Pellentesque sit amet
          hendrerit risus, sed porttitor quam.
        </p>
      </Modal>
    </div>
  );
};

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));

• If you are using Next.js, you need to import the styles in pages/_app.js or pages/_app.tsx.
• If you are using Create React App, you need to import the styles in index.js or index.tsx.

💡 When you integrate react-responsive-modal in your app, make sure that your Modal content is wrapped in an element so the close icon is not shown on top.

Multiple modals

You can render multiple modals at the same time. Clicking on the overlay or pressing "esc" will only close the last modal.

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [openFirst, setOpenFirst] = React.useState(false);
  const [openSecond, setOpenSecond] = React.useState(false);

  const littleLorem = (
    <p>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam pulvinar
      risus non risus hendrerit venenatis. Pellentesque sit amet hendrerit
      risus, sed porttitor quam.
    </p>
  );

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpenFirst(true)}>
        Open first modal
      </button>

      <Modal open={openFirst} onClose={() => setOpenFirst(false)} center>
        <p>First modal</p>
        {littleLorem}
        <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpenSecond(true)}>
          Open second modal
        </button>
      </Modal>
      <Modal open={openSecond} onClose={() => setOpenSecond(false)} center>
        <p>Second modal</p>
        {littleLorem}
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Modal with a lot of content

When a modal with a content overflowing the window size, you can scroll the content of the modal but you will see that the body scroll is locked until you actually close the modal.

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  const lorem = (
    <p>
      Mauris ac arcu sit amet dui interdum bibendum a sed diam. Praesent rhoncus
      congue ipsum elementum lobortis. Ut ligula purus, ultrices id condimentum
      quis, tincidunt quis purus. Proin quis enim metus. Nunc feugiat odio at
      eros porta, ut rhoncus lorem tristique. Nunc et ipsum eu ex vulputate
      consectetur vel eu nisi. Donec ultricies rutrum lectus, sit ame feugiat
      est semper vitae. Proin varius imperdiet consequat. Proin eu metus nisi.
      In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Vestibulum ac ultrices risus.
      Pellentesque arcu sapien, aliquet sed orci sit amet, pulvinar interdum
      velit. Nunc a rhoncus ipsum, maximus fermentum dolor. Praesent aliquet
      justo vitae rutrum volutpat. Ut quis pulvinar est.
    </p>
  );

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open big modal
      </button>

      <Modal open={open} onClose={() => setOpen(false)}>
        <h2>Big modal</h2>
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
        {lorem}
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Focus Trapped modal

By default, when the modal open, the first focusable element will be focused. Press Tab to navigate between the focusable elements in the modal. You can notice that when the modal is open, you can't focus the elements outside of it. If you want to disable this behavior, set the focusTrapped prop to false.

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open modal
      </button>

      <Modal open={open} onClose={() => setOpen(false)}>
        <h2>Try tabbing/shift-tabbing thru elements</h2>
        <form action="">
          <p>
            <label htmlFor="firstName">
              First name (I should be focused be default)
              <input type="text" />
            </label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <label htmlFor="lastName">
              Last name
              <input type="text" />
            </label>
          </p>
          <button>test</button>
          <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
        </form>
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Focus Trapped initial focus

You can also set to trap focus within the modal, but decide where to put focus when opened. To do this use initialFocusRef prop and set it to a ref of an element you want to focus. In this example we focus on the modal root element.

import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
  const modalRef = useRef(null);

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open modal
      </button>

      <Modal
        ref={modalRef}
        open={open}
        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
        initialFocusRef={modalRef}
      >
        <h2>Try tabbing/shift-tabbing thru elements</h2>
        <form action="">
          <p>
            <label htmlFor="firstName">
              First name (I shouldn't be focused - press Tab to focus me)
              <input type="text" />
            </label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <label htmlFor="lastName">
              Last name
              <input type="text" />
            </label>
          </p>
          <button>test</button>
          <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
        </form>
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Custom styling with css

Customising the Modal style via css is really easy. For example if you add the following css to your app you will get the following result:

/* examples/custom-styling.css */
.customOverlay {
  background: rgba(36, 123, 160, 0.7);
}
.customModal {
  background: #b2dbbf;
  max-width: 500px;
  width: 100%;
}

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  // import './examples/custom-styling.css';
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open modal
      </button>

      <Modal
        open={open}
        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
        center
        classNames={{
          overlay: 'customOverlay',
          modal: 'customModal',
        }}
      >
        <p>
          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
          pulvinar risus non risus hendrerit venenatis. Pellentesque sit amet
          hendrerit risus, sed porttitor quam.
        </p>
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Custom animation

If you want to change the default animation, you can do so by creating your own css animation. The modal and the overlay can be animated separately. For example if you add the following css to your app you will get the following result:

/* examples/custom-animation.css */

@keyframes customEnterOverlayAnimation {
  0% {
    transform: scale(0);
  }
  100% {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
}
@keyframes customLeaveOverlayAnimation {
  0% {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
  100% {
    transform: scale(0);
  }
}

@keyframes customEnterModalAnimation {
  0% {
    transform: scale(0.2);
  }
  100% {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
}
@keyframes customLeaveModalAnimation {
  0% {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
  100% {
    transform: scale(0.2);
  }
}

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  // import './examples/custom-animation.css';
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open modal
      </button>

      <Modal
        open={open}
        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
        center
        classNames={{
          overlayAnimationIn: 'customEnterOverlayAnimation',
          overlayAnimationOut: 'customLeaveOverlayAnimation',
          modalAnimationIn: 'customEnterModalAnimation',
          modalAnimationOut: 'customLeaveModalAnimation',
        }}
        animationDuration={800}
      >
        <p>
          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
          pulvinar risus non risus hendrerit venenatis. Pellentesque sit amet
          hendrerit risus, sed porttitor quam.
        </p>
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

If you want to apply a custom animation to the modal body you can do like this:

Custom close icon

You can customise the close icon used by the Modal by providing your own image or svg.

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  const closeIcon = (
    <svg fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width={28} height={28}>
      <path
        fillRule="evenodd"
        d="M10 2a1 1 0 011 1v1a1 1 0 11-2 0V3a1 1 0 011-1zm4 8a4 4 0 11-8 0 4 4 0 018 0zm-.464 4.95l.707.707a1 1 0 001.414-1.414l-.707-.707a1 1 0 00-1.414 1.414zm2.12-10.607a1 1 0 010 1.414l-.706.707a1 1 0 11-1.414-1.414l.707-.707a1 1 0 011.414 0zM17 11a1 1 0 100-2h-1a1 1 0 100 2h1zm-7 4a1 1 0 011 1v1a1 1 0 11-2 0v-1a1 1 0 011-1zM5.05 6.464A1 1 0 106.465 5.05l-.708-.707a1 1 0 00-1.414 1.414l.707.707zm1.414 8.486l-.707.707a1 1 0 01-1.414-1.414l.707-.707a1 1 0 011.414 1.414zM4 11a1 1 0 100-2H3a1 1 0 000 2h1z"
        clipRule="evenodd"
      ></path>
    </svg>
  );

  return (
    <>
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open modal
      </button>

      <Modal
        open={open}
        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
        center
        closeIcon={closeIcon}
      >
        <p>
          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
          pulvinar risus non risus hendrerit venenatis. Pellentesque sit amet
          hendrerit risus, sed porttitor quam.
        </p>
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Custom container

By default, the Modal will be rendered at the end of the html body tag. If you want to render the Modal in your own container, you can pass your own Element to the container prop.

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'react-responsive-modal';

const App = () => {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  const myRef = React.useRef(null);

  return (
    <>
      <div ref={myRef} />
      <button className="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open modal
      </button>
      <Modal
        open={open}
        onClose={() => setOpen(false)}
        center
        container={myRef.current}
      >
        <p>
          Take a look with the devtools, you can see that the modal is inside
          the div we are targeting and not at the end of the body tag.
        </p>
      </Modal>
    </>
  );
};

export default App;

Accessibility

• Use the aria-labelledby and aria-describedby props to follow the ARIA best practices.

<Modal
  open={open}
  onClose={onCloseModal}
  aria-labelledby="my-modal-title"
  aria-describedby="my-modal-description"
>
  <h2 id="my-modal-title">My Title</h2>
  <p id="my-modal-description">My Description</p>
</Modal>

• aria-modal is set to true automatically.
• When the modal is open the focus is trapped within it.
• Clicking on the overlay closes the Modal.
• Pressing the "Esc" key closes the Modal.
• When the modal is open the page scroll is blocked for the elements behind the modal.
• Closing the modal will unblock the scroll.
• The modal is rendered in a portal at the end of the body.

Props

License

react-responsive-modal is licensed under the MIT license.