Modals

Changed in version 12.0: The modal API provided by the module @typo3/backend/modal.js has been adapted to be backed by a custom web component and therefore gained an updated, stateless interface. See also section Migration.

Actions that require a user's attention must be visualized by modal windows.

TYPO3 provides an API as basis to create modal windows with severity representation. For better UX, if actions (buttons) are attached to the modal, one button must be a positive action. This button should get a btnClass to highlight it.

Modals should be used rarely and only for confirmations. For information that does not require a confirmation the Notification API (flash message) should be used.

For complex content, like forms or a lot of information, use normal pages.

API

Changed in version 12.0: The return type of all Modal.* factory methods has been changed from JQuery to ModalElement.

The API provides only two public methods:

  1. TYPO3.Modal.confirm(title, content, severity, buttons)

  2. TYPO3.Modal.dismiss()

Button settings

text
Required

true

Type

string

The text rendered into the button.

trigger / action
Required

true

Type

function

Callback that is triggered on button click - either a simple function or DeferredAction / ImmediateAction

active
Type

bool

Marks the button as active. If true, the button gets the focus.

btnClass
Type

string

The CSS class for the button.

Changed in version 12.0: The Button property dataAttributes has been removed without replacement, as the functionality can be expressed via Button.name or Button.trigger and is therefore redundant.

Data Attributes

It is also possible to use data attributes to trigger a modal, for example on an anchor element, which prevents the default behavior.

data-title

The title text for the modal.

data-bs-content

The content text for the modal.

data-severity

The severity for the modal, default is info (see TYPO3.Severity.*).

data-href

The target URL, default is the href attribute of the element.

data-button-close-text

Button text for the close/cancel button.

data-button-ok-text

Button text for the ok button.

class="t3js-modal-trigger"

Marks the element as modal trigger.

data-static-backdrop

Render a static backdrop to avoid closing the modal when clicking it.

Example:

<a
    href="delete.php"
    class="t3js-modal-trigger"
    data-title="Delete"
    data-bs-content="Really delete?"
>
    delete
</a>

Examples

A basic modal (without anything special) can be created this way:

TYPO3.Modal.confirm('The title of the modal', 'This the the body of the modal');

A modal as warning with button:

TYPO3.Modal.confirm('Warning', 'You may break the internet!', TYPO3.Severity.warning, [
  {
    text: 'Break it',
    active: true,
    trigger: function() {
      // break the net
    }
  }, {
    text: 'Abort!',
    trigger: function() {
      TYPO3.Modal.dismiss();
    }
  }
]);

A modal as warning:

TYPO3.Modal.confirm('Warning', 'You may break the internet!', TYPO3.Severity.warning);

Action buttons in modals created by the TYPO3/CMS/Backend/Modal module may make use of TYPO3/CMS/Backend/ActionButton/ImmediateAction and TYPO3/CMS/Backend/ActionButton/DeferredAction.

As an alternative to the existing trigger option, the option action may be used with an instance of the previously mentioned modules.

Modal.confirm('Header', 'Some content', Severity.error, [
  {
    text: 'Based on trigger()',
    trigger: function () {
      console.log('Vintage!');
    }
  },
  {
    text: 'Based on action',
    action: new DeferredAction(() => {
      return new AjaxRequest('/any/endpoint').post({});
    })
  }
]);

Activating any action disables all buttons in the modal. Once the action is done, the modal disappears automatically.

Buttons of the type DeferredAction render a spinner on activation into the button.

A modal with static backdrop:

import {default as Modal} from './modal';

Modal.advanced({
  title: 'Hello',
  content: 'This modal is not closable via clicking the backdrop.',
  size: Modal.sizes.small,
  staticBackdrop: true
});

Templates, using the HTML class .t3js-modal-trigger to initialize a modal dialog are also able to use the new option by adding the data-static-backdrop attribute to the corresponding element.

<button class="btn btn-default t3js-modal-trigger"
        data-title="Hello"
        data-bs-content="This modal is not closable via clicking the backdrop."
        data-static-backdrop>
    Open modal
</button>

Migration

Given the following fully-fledged example of a modal that uses custom buttons, with custom attributes, triggers and events, they should be migrated away from JQuery to ModalElement usage.

Existing code:

var configuration = {
   buttons: [
      {
         text: 'Save changes',
         name: 'save',
         icon: 'actions-document-save',
         active: true,
         btnClass: 'btn-primary',
         dataAttributes: {
            action: 'save'
         },
         trigger: function() {
            Modal.currentModal.trigger('modal-dismiss');
         }
      }
   ]
};
Modal
  .advanced(configuration)
  .on('hidden.bs.modal', function() {
    // do something
});

Should be adapted to:

const modal = Modal.advanced({
   buttons: [
      {
         text: 'Save changes',
         name: 'save',
         icon: 'actions-document-save',
         active: true,
         btnClass: 'btn-primary',
         trigger: function(event, modal) {
           modal.hideModal();
         }
      }
   ]
});
modal.addEventListener('typo3-modal-hidden', function() {
  // do something
});