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Practical Web Design
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Practical Web Design

by Philippe Hong
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
7h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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Modal

Modal boxes are generally pop-up windows that appear on the screen rather than opening a new tab/window. They usually darken the background to bring attention to the popup. In short, modal boxes are used to show information to the user on the same page without reloading the page and by that, improving the usability.

Modal boxes found their origins from Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux, but they quickly spread out to web applications and other usages.

There are five common usages when using a modal box:

  • Error: To alert users of an error
  • Warning: To warn users of potentially harmful situations
  • Collect information: To collect information from users
  • Confirm or Prompt: To ask users to confirm an action
  • Helper: To help users when using the interface ...
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