---
category: Feedback
created: '2019-11-17'
description: Create a modal with CSS flexbox
keywords: css dialog, css flexbox, css modal
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/modal.png
title: Modal
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="modal">
    <!-- Header -->
    <div class="modal__header">
        <!-- Title -->
        ...
        <!-- Close icon sticks to the right -->
        ...
    </div>

    <!-- Content -->
    ...

    <!-- Footer -->
    <div class="modal__footer">...</div>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.modal {
    /* Border */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
}

.modal__header {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;

    /* Border */
    border-bottom: 1px solid #d1d5db;
}

.modal__footer {
    display: flex;
    /* Push the buttons to the right */
    justify-content: flex-end;

    /* Border */
    border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.lines {
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.line {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
}
.line.line--20 {
    width: 20%;
}
.line.line--40 {
    width: 40%;
}
.line.line--60 {
    width: 60%;
}
.line.line--80 {
    width: 80%;
}
.line.line--100 {
    width: 100%;
}
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}
.modal {
    /* Border */
    border: 1px solid #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;

    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;

    /* Demo */
    width: 16rem;
}

.modal__header {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;

    /* Border */
    border-bottom: 1px solid #d1d5db;

    padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
}

.modal__body {
    flex: 1;
    overflow: auto;
}

.modal__footer {
    display: flex;
    /* Push the buttons to the right */
    justify-content: flex-end;

    /* Border */
    border-top: 1px solid #d1d5db;

    padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="modal">
    <div class="modal__header">
        <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--100"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="modal__body">
        <div class="lines">
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
            <div class="line line--80"></div>
            <div class="line line--40"></div>
            <div class="line line--60"></div>
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
        </div>

        <div class="lines">
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
            <div class="line line--80"></div>
            <div class="line line--40"></div>
            <div class="line line--60"></div>
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="modal__footer">
        <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--md rectangle--20"></div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>
